Notes Today:

• Jerome Powell, chairman of the Federal Reserve, said America’s central bank may reduce its monthly asset purchases “a few months sooner” than planned. 

• Inflation in the eurozone ascends to 4.9% – highest since the euro was introduced.. 

• Economist: The secretary-general of NATO, Jens Stoltenberg, warned Russia that there would be a “high price to pay” if it were to use force against Ukraine. The sabre-rattling came as Russia massed troops on the border of the former Soviet republic. On Monday, Belarus announced joint exercises with Russia on its own border with Ukraine. 

• Guardian: Patients who survive severe Covid are more than twice as likely to die over the following year than those who remain uninfected or experience milder virus symptoms, a study says.

         The research, published in Frontiers in Medicine, suggests that serious coronavirus infections                 may significantly damage long-term health, showing the importance of vaccination. 

• If you use an iPhone and go to Privacy > Tracking > and find the Facebook app there, you can turn off ALL of their tracking devices and that will hurt their bottom line.