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...In the US, there will be a rise in preventable maternal deaths in those states implementing more restrictive regulations....
...Canada has agreed to join a US deal with Mexico to revamp the pact, ending months of uncertainty over trade in North America that had been hanging over the economies of all three countries...
...unchanged 0.00 (0.00%) at 13,126 Currencies €/$ 1.18 (1.18) $/¥ 112.75 (112.53) £/$ 1.34 (1.34) €/£ 0.8804 (0.881) Commodities ($) Brent Crude (ICE) up +0.44 at 62.88 Light Crude (Nymex) up +0.22 at 56.82...
...number of new attractive retail markets in London and the wealthiest catchment areas in the United States....
...Also in the US, payrolls data is due to be released later on Friday. Economists expect US hiring cooled in August with forecasts of 178,000 jobs created in the month....
...The Japanese yen was slightly firmer, up 0.1 per cent on the greenback at ¥109.44. The dollar index tracking the US currency against a basket of peers was flat at 93.515....
...In other words, most US CFOs are expecting America to be in recession in 2019 or 2020 after growth peaked around mid-2018. The UK tends to fall within a similar business cycle as the US....
...The US dollar continues to recover in Asia this morning, having risen on Friday for the first time in six sessions....
...Tipped for global greatness, it has opened stores in France and latterly in the US, where it occupies part of the famous Filene’s department store in Boston....
...(Comex) unchanged 0.00 at 1,067 Copper (Comex) unchanged 0.00 at 2.02 10-year government bond yields (%) US 2.25% UK 1.87% Germany 0.52% CDS (closing levels) Markit iTraxx SovX Western Europe -0.61bps...
...chairman of the US Federal Reserve....
...Google is launching its own mobile network in the US. The internet group has become increasingly frustrated at the slow pace of innovation at incumbent telecoms companies....
...the future of America in the 21st century....
...Top tier sovereign debt was mostly steady, with 10-year US Treasury yields closing at 2.44 per cent and “haven” gold prices up $1 to $1,309 an ounce....
...In June, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency noted that the average amount of an auto loan was greater than the value of the car during the fourth quarter of 2013, as lenders bundled the costs...
...Emerging Market Index up +0.03% at 1,051 Europe FTSE down +0.44% at 6,773 RTS down -1.01% at 1,352 Warsaw Wig down -0.01% at 51,932 FTSE 300 Eurotop up +0.42% at 1,376 Americas DJIA down -0.15% at 16,827...
...Although Nike was hit by a drop in emerging-market currencies earlier in the year, the US company said it enjoyed rising sales in every major market other than Japan last quarter....
...US officials have defined the advances made by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (known as Isis) – an offshoot of al-Qaeda – as a potential direct threat to US national security....
...at 104.33 100 Oz Gold (Comex) unchanged 0.00 at 1,265...
...(Financial Times) “U.S. prosecutors are seeking more than $13 billion from Bank of America to resolve federal and state investigations of the lender’s sale of bonds backed by home loans in the run-up to...
...(Financial Times) “Business bankruptcy filings in the United States dropped 24 percent in 2013 to their lowest level since at least 2006, according to a report on Monday....
...minds at US-EU trade talks | Immediate crisis in Ukraine has its trade dimensions....
...Emerging Market Index down -0.29% at 1,025 Europe FTSE down +0.50% at 6,768 RTS up +0.16% at 1,478 Warsaw Wig up +0.44% at 53,845 FTSE 300 Eurotop up +0.40% at 1,295 Americas DJIA up +0.45% at 15,616 S...
...is expected to announce on Tuesday whether she will go ahead with a state visit to Washington next month after anger in Brazil over US spying....
...Heavy selling of the Australian currency saw it fall 0.44 per cent against the US dollar to $90.65, its lowest level since September 3....
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