Global news you need to know before the U.S. stock market opens on Friday

China's new social financing in January was 7.22 trillion yuan, with new RMB loans of 4.71 trillion yuan, and M2 grew by 9.0% year-on-year.
The U.S. January CPI year-on-year was 2.4%, lower than expected, with core CPI year-on-year at 2.5%.
U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen: Inflation is expected to return to 2% by 2026, and there may be "narrowing" space in tariff policy.
Reports indicate that OPEC+ is inclined to resume production increases starting in April, leading to a decline in international oil prices.
Aluminum prices plummeted, with reports stating that the U.S. is considering partially lifting tariffs on aluminum and steel.
Meituan's earnings forecast: a massive loss of over 23 billion yuan in 2025, with continued losses in the first quarter.
Reports suggest that NVIDIA may relax HBM4 specification requirements due to capacity and yield constraints faced by Samsung and SK Hynix.
Rivian surged over 22% in pre-market trading, with the company's Q4 revenue of $1.29 billion exceeding market expectations.
The Nikkei 225 index closed down 1.2%, the Shanghai Composite Index closed down 1.26%; the Hang Seng Index closed down 1.72%