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EUROPE
In Versailles, EU’s big 4 back multispeed Europe
– Politico
Four things you need to know about the Dutch
elections – Open Europe
The ECB's 'High-Class Problem' – BB
UNITED STATES
What Trump Should Have Tweeted About Obama and Eavesdropping – BB
What Trump Should Have Tweeted About Obama and Eavesdropping – BB
What If Trump Took His
Wiretap Story Seriously? – BB
Trumpcare: What Happens
Next, In One Chart – ZH
WikiLeaks says it has
trove of secret CIA hacking tools – Reuters
WikiLeaks Says CIA
Hackers Can Break Into WhatsApp and Signal – BB
OTHER
Everything the Market
Thinks About Inflation Might Be Wrong – WSJ
Borio to central
bankers: the “secular stagnation” is coming from inside the house – FT
REGULARS
Morning Report APAC
– TF
All three US indices were down 0.2%
to 0.4% the Nasdaq leading the decline.
EU business group attacks Beijing
industrial policy, the revival of Germany’s nightmare, and mind-reading robots
U.K. Retail Sales Fall, London Whale
Speaks Out, Rethinking Inflation
USD rates at near term ceiling, NOK
at 5-week low, Norges Bank’s report in focus * Norges Bank’s regional network
report * UST 10Y fails to rise above 2.50% again * The USD gains a bit but
risks to the downside
The Reserve Bank of Australia held
rates steady overnight leading the Aussie up 0.5% versus USD even as the
country's benchmark equities index gained ground as well. Meanwhile Eurozone
GDP is out this morning and investors appear cautiously optimistic.
The markets are floundering for a theme
despite a rate hike from the Fed next week now looking like a certainty. Eyes
are now turned towards Thursday's European Central Bank meeting, with opinion
divided as to whether it will yield euro rate hike news.
Greenback Continues to Recover from
the Late Pre-Weekend Slide
Five Things You Need to Know to Start Your Day – BB
https://www.bloomberg.com/authors/ARIYqLnEHrg/lorcan-roche-kelly
10 things you need to know before the opening bell – BI
US Open – ZH
Futures Decline, Europe Slumps After
German Industrial Orders Collapse
Frontrunning
– ZH
The RBA statement overnight did
little to stir the pot for Aussie traders. Elsewhere, the USD outlook is
bottled up in a range, while sterling slips to new lows versus the euro.
FINNISH
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