While investors await new US inflation data this week, which will be closely monitored ten days before the next Federal Reserve (Fed) meeting, European equity markets fell this morning. According to data from broker IG, the FTSE 100 contract fell by 24 points, or 0.3%. At 7:25am, the CAC 40 futures contract lost 31 points, or 0.4%, while the DAX 40 futures contract lost 79 points, or 0.4% as well. The consumer price index for February in the United States will be published next Tuesday. Economists expect global inflation of 3.1% over one year and 0.4% over one month, compared to 3.1% and 0.3% in January. Core inflation, which excludes volatile food and energy prices, is expected at 3.7% over one year and 0.3% over one month in February, after 3.9% and 0.4% in January.
Employment figures published on Friday across the Atlantic showed an increase in the unemployment rate and a moderation in wages, which speaks in favor of a fall in interest rates, but the continuation of job creation at a steady pace represents a persistent risk in terms of inflation in the eyes of investors

Wall Street ended lower on Friday. The Dow Jones Index (DJIA) lost 0.2%, the expanded S&P 500 index lost 0.7% and the Nasdaq Composite, rich in tech stocks,

Asian markets are trading in scattered order on Monday. In Tokyo, the Japanese Nikkei index ended down 2.2% as investors expected the Bank of Japan to tighten monetary policy soon. On the other hand, the Hang Seng gained 1.3% at the end of the session in Hong Kong, and the Shanghai Composite Index gained 0.1%, while the plenary sessions of the Chinese Parliament ended on Monday

This morning, US Treasury long-term bond yields are falling, while shorter-term rates are rising. At 7:25am, the two-year Treasury bill rate, which is more sensitive to changes in monetary policy, gained 0.8 basis points, to 4.490%. While that of the 10-year stock, the market reference stock, fell by 1 basis point, to 4.071%.

The euro is trading very little against the dollar this morning. The Australian bank CBA believes that the greenback could continue its recent downtrend this week. According to this institution, while data on consumer prices in the United States should show a new marked increase in February, it is possible that these statistics will turn out to be lower than expected, which would weigh on the dollar

Penalized by concerns about Chinese crude demand, oil futures fell on Monday. Commerzbank said that estimates by the Chinese commodity consultancy firm JLC mention that the capacity utilization rate of refineries in the important Chinese province of Shandong fell in February by almost 5 percentage points compared to January and by 9.6 percentage points year on year,