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5:30 a.m. ET.....
- Australia cut rates 25bp to 2.5% as widely expected to combat slowing economy due to lower demand for mining related commodities. AUD hit 3-yr low on Monday, but rallied on the news of the rate cut as the RBA omitted language re additional cuts. Chart from the Financial Times re AUD:
- Thailand...protests expected to erupt over bill in Parliament introduced to grant amnesty to protesters in the 2006 coup which overthrew the then government. Former leader, Thaksin, now in exile, would be allowed to return under the proposal.
- Asia markets mixed...Nikkei up 1%, Shanghai and Hong Kong down...disappointing earnings @ HSBC weighed on mkts.
- UK...House prices rise fastest in three years. As the Financial Times' fastFT says:
Improving UK economy + growing consumer confidence + government-sponsored mortgages = rising house prices
- UK...Manufacturing output and production numbers better than expected (bte).
- Italy...Industrial output worse than expected (wte)..Prelim Q2 GDP -0.2% q/q, -2% y/y.
- US...State Dept tells US citizens to leave Yemen immediately due to terrorist threat.
- more later.....
- US...trade gap shrinks to lowest level since '09 on higher exports and lower imports. Likely to have a positive impact on Q2 GDP when revised.
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