- Worldwide coronavirus cases surpass 441.394 million with over 5.997 million official deaths.
- New Zealand has 23,183 active community cases of coronavirus with 503 people in hospital, 7 in intensive care.
- Equity indices give back gains from yesterday
- Standard & Poor’s cut Russia’s rating to CCC (Junk) with further rating cuts predicted
- Fed’s Powell says Ukraine invasion creates risks of higher inflation
- The Bank of Canada hiked their Cash Rate from 0.25% to 0.50% starting a planned aggressive tightening path
- US Crude prices settle around 108 a barrel
- Biden continues to impose heavy economic sanctions on Putin and the people around him targeting Oligarchs and families