。Oversea markets: Shanghai ＋0.05%, Japan+0.10%, Hong Kong -42%, Germany +0.04%, UK -0.49%, France -0.17%.
BOJ Governor Haruhiko Kuroda joined the rest of his central bank peers in making a hard-dove turn, saying on Tuesday the central bank was ready to ramp up stimulus if sharp yen rises hurt the economy and derail the path toward achieving its 2 percent inflation target. ---ZeroHedge
The long-standing March 29 deadline is fast approaching, with negotiators battling to clinch a deal for the U.K.’s exit from the European Union. Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker said that “we are in God’s hands” as an agreement continues to be elusive. The main sticking point is still the contentious Irish border backstop, with both sides working on a new legal text to try to find a breakthrough. Meanwhile, the path to a deal could be further complicated by the shifting political landscape in the U.K. ---Bloomberg
Eleven members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries and 10 other nations are collectively trying to remove about 1.2 million barrels of daily production to bring the oil market in balance. OPEC compliance was 86 percent last month, while non-OPEC was just 25 percent. In most cases, the countries are using October 2018 as the starting point for their curbs. ---Bloomberg
Extending a global effort to bring tech giants into the tax net, New Zealand plans to update its laws so it can tax revenue earned by digital firms like Google (GOOG, GOOGL), Facebook (FB) and Amazon (AMZN). The proposed digital services tax (DST) would tax multinational online companies at about 2 or 3 percent on the revenue they generate in New Zealand. A number of other countries including the U.K., Spain, Italy, France, Austria, Australia and India have enacted or already announced plans for a DST.
Walmart (WMT) reports comparable sales rose 4.2% in Q4 to top the consensus mark of +3.3%.Total revenue was up 3.1% to $140.5B on a constant currency basis, despite international sales falling 3.2% to $32.3B.---Seekingalpha
Teva Pharmaceutical expects its generic version of Mylan's (MYL) EpiPen to have about 25% share of the U.S. market by the end of 2019. The company is already selling its product for adults and plans to start supply of a junior version for young children in 3-4 months, CEO Kare Schultz declared. Mylan also has a generic version of its EpiPen, which is priced at around $300, similar to Teva's (TEVA) product.--- Wall Street Breakfast
。中美之间就贸易协议进行的谈判今天在华盛顿重启。刘鹤副总理定于2月21日至22日与美国贸易代表罗伯特·莱希泽和财政部长史蒂芬·姆努辛会面。农业部副部长史蒂夫·切克基（Steve Censky）昨日在一次行业会议上表示，尽管目前几乎没有明显的进展迹象，但在3月1日实施新关税的最后期限之前会谈正在“回升”。 ---Bloomberg.com
。日本央行行长黑田东彦（Haruhiko Kuroda）与其他中央银行同行进行了一次艰难的转变。周二表示如果日元大幅上涨损害经济并破坏实现2％通胀目标的道路，央行准备加大刺激力度。 --- ZeroHedge
。长期存在的3月29日截止日期即将来临，谈判代表正在努力争取英国退出欧盟的协议。委员会主席让 - 克洛德·容克说，“我们被掌握在上帝手中”，因为协议仍然难以实现。主要的关键点仍然是有争议的爱尔兰边境支持，双方正在制定新的法律文本，试图寻找突破。与此同时，由于英国布隆伯格政治格局的变化，妥协的道路可能会进一步复杂化。---Bloomberg
。石油输出国组织和其他10个国家的11个成员共同试图减低约120万桶的日产量，以使石油市场保持平衡。上个月石油输出国组织的遵守率为86％，而非石油输出国组织仅为25％。在大多数情况下，这些国家将2018年10月作为其限制的起点。 ---Bloombeg
。为扩大全球努力将科技巨头纳入税网，新西兰计划更新其法律，以便对谷歌（GOOG，GOOGL），Facebook（FB）和亚马逊（AMZN）等数字公司的收入征税。拟议的数字服务税（DST）将使跨国在线公司对其在新西兰产生的收入征收约2％或3％的税。包括英国，西班牙，意大利，法国，奥地利，澳大利亚和印度在内的许多其他国家已经制定或已经宣布了DST的计划。---Wall Street Breakfast
。沃尔玛（WMT）报告第四季度可比销售额增长4.2％，超过+ 3.3％的市场预期。尽管国际销售额下降3.2％至32.3亿美元，但按固定汇率计算，总收入增长3.1％至1.405亿美元。---Seeking Alpha
。Teva Pharmaceutical预计其仿制版Mylan（MYL）的EpiPen在2019年底前将占美国市场约25％的份额。首席执行官Kare Schultz宣称该公司已经在为成人销售其产品，并计划 3-4个月内开始为年幼儿童提供初级版本。Mylan还拥有EpiPen的仿制版，价格约为300美元，类似于Teva（TEVA）的产品.---Wall Street Breakfast
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