SQUAWK BOX, THURSDAY 23RD FEBRUARY, 2023

The S&P 500 lists its fourth day of losses as Federal Reserve minutes show the central bank is determined to bring rates down. St Louis President James Bullard tells CNBC the Fed is ready to react should inflation refuse to budge. Russian President Putin hosts Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Moscow in a show of deepening ties between the two countries. In Warsaw, Bucharest 9 leaders pledge to shore up NATO’s eastern flank with Sweden and Finland pushing for their speedy accession into the alliance. We hear from Swedish defence minister Pål Jonson who says NATO will benefit from the two Nordic nations’ specific assets and capabilities.