Today's press
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Euro falls to 10-month low after Italy debt selloff
LONDON (Reuters) - The euro fell on Tuesday to a 10-month low after a selloff in Italy’s debt market drove investors to dump the single currency.
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U.S. to continue trade actions against China: White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States said on Tuesday that it will continue pursuing action on trade with China, days after Washington and Beijing announced a tentative solution to their dispute and suggested that tensions had cooled.
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Delays and 'poison pills': team Trump runs out of road in NAFTA talks
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump is running out of time to deliver a revamp of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) he promised for this year and people involved in the talks say the crunch is largely of his administration’s own making.
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U.S. Consumer Confidence Rises in May
Investing.com - Confidence among U.S consumers rose in May, according to data released on Tuesday.
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IHS Markit Has A Plan to Tokenize A $1 Trillion Loan Market
There's a lot of talk in the financial world these days about putting cash (the fiat kind) on distributed ledgers, but little action beyond proofs-of-concept.
Next trading day's important events
- 04:10 (GMT 3) NZ - RBNZ Governor Orr Speech
- 10:00 (GMT 3) DE - Harmonized Index of Consumer Prices (YoY) (May)
- 15:30 (GMT 3) US - Core Personal Consumption Expenditures (QoQ) (Q1)
- 17:00 (GMT 3) CA - BoC Interest Rate Decision
Forex quotes:
- USDJPY: 109.01
- EURUSD: 1.1581
Indices:
- S&P 500: 2707.67
- NASDAQ: 7427.38