Squawk Box Europe Express
SQUAWK BOX, WEDNESDAY 30TH MARCH, 2022
Russian negotiators announce there will be a dramatic scale-back of troops around Kiev after Ukraine agrees to take a neutral position regarding NATO membership in exchange for security guarantees. The Istanbul talks are met with scepticism. U.S. President Joe Biden says he is adopting a ‘wait-and-see’ approach. U.S. markets, however, close higher on hopes of tensions easing. Following a short inversion of the 2 and 10-year yields, Philadelphia Federal Reserve President Patrick Harker tells CNBC that the move does not accurately predict a coming recession. We also hear from Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio who says the West must maintain pressure on Moscow to achieve a ceasefire in Ukraine.
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