SQUAWK BOX, THURSDAY 17 FEBRUARY 2022

We have a slew of European earnings today. British Asia-focused lender Standard Chartered misses on the bottom line despite full-year pre-tax profits more than doubling. French plane maker Airbus smashes FY profit records and resumes dividend payouts. We will also have earnings from Schneider Electric, Commerzbank and Kering. U.S. markets have a mixed session and close flat following the release of Fed minutes which suggest little support for robust tightening. Meanwhile, the U.S. and Ukraine cast doubt on Russian claims of troop withdrawals - and President Volodomyr Zelenskyy says Moscow is doing the opposite, concentrating even more forces along Ukraine’s north-eastern border.