President Biden prepares to unveil his first budget. He is reportedly set to ask Congress for as much as $6 trillion in a bid to sustain the recovery. Oil prices nudge higher on the back of strong US economic data - with the Fed's preferred gauge of inflation due later today - and ahead of an OPEC+ meeting next week. But, Dallas Fed President Robert Kaplan thinks an imbalance in housing and labour prices mean the US central bank should start to think about tapering. Kaplan told CNBC it may be time to talk about moderating pandemic-induced asset purchases. Meanwhile, lawmakers on Capitol Hill remain poles apart as Republicans come back with an infrastructure bill counter offer. It's only a little over half of what President Biden's looking for at $928 billion. And in IPO news, JD Logistics delivers the goods on its market debut. The stock was up double digits in Hong Kong, after pricing at the lower end of the range to raise 3-point-2-billion dollars.

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