Meanwhile, In Japan…

"Consumer prices aren't going back to constantly falling below 2%," Haruhiko Kuroda said Friday, speaking to reporters for a final time as Bank of Japan governor. On Monday, Kazuo Ueda, Kuroda's successor, will hold an inaugural press conference. Kuroda spoke on a day when labor ministry data showed real wages for Japanese workers fell an 11th consecutive month. February's 2.6% YoY decline was among the larger drops seen during the streak. The latest update on inflation, released late last