Global news you need to know before the U.S. stock market opens on Friday

China's new social financing in February was 2.38 trillion yuan, with new RMB loans of 900 billion yuan, and M2 grew by 9% year-on-year.

In January, the core PCE price index in the United States rose by 3.1% year-on-year, reaching a nearly two-year high, while month-on-month it remained unchanged at 0.4%.

In January, the preliminary value of durable goods orders in the United States was 0% month-on-month, lower than the market expectation of 1.1%.

The "fear index" for U.S. Treasury bonds soared to a nine-month high, and expectations for a Federal Reserve interest rate cut have "cooled off."

The United States issued permits to approve the sale of some Russian oil.

Japan plans to release 80 million barrels of oil next week, selling at prices before the outbreak of the Middle East conflict.

Goldman Sachs has once again raised its short-term oil price targets: Brent crude at $100 in March and $85 in April.

Tianfeng's Guo Mingqiang: NVIDIA's next-generation Rubin platform has started new material testing, and the PCB upgrade cycle is approaching.

Apple announced a reduction in the commission rate for the China App Store.

Lei Jun announced: The new generation SU7 will be released, and prices will definitely increase due to rising costs.

The yen has fallen below 159.45 against the dollar for the first time since July 2024.

The Nikkei 225 index closed down 1.16%, the Shanghai Composite Index closed down 0.81%; the Hang Seng Index closed down 0.98%