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Noelle Laing will take the reins after managing the firm’s $1.7 billion endowment for philanthropy.

President Donald Trump has held up tariffs as a key tool in trade negotiations, but some analysts warn the duties are hurting business and the overall economy.

Japan Prime Minister Ishiba

• No change at all to our stance of requesting U.S. to cancel tariffs

• Not in situation where we have found common ground yet

• But received report from Akazawa that talks were forward-looking

• Reaching a deal in haste is not necessarily in the best interest

This article was written by Eamonn Sheridan at www.forexlive.com.

Dominion has 40 gigawatts of data center capacity in various stages of contracting, the company’s CFO, Steven Ridge, said.

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Australian March retail sales

+0.3% m/m, improved from February but not by as much as was expect

• expected +0.4%, prior +0.2%

0.0% q.q in Q1 2025, no change during the quarter is a very soft reading

• prior +1.0%

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Data also for PPI, Q1 2025:

+0.9% q/q

• prior +0.8%

+3.7% y/y

• prior +3.7% also

PPI outrunning CPI.

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AUD rose earlier on the China news:

• China says the US has sought to begin trade talks, China says its thinking about it …
• A big turn around for US equity index trade – higher on Globex on China comments

This article was written by Eamonn Sheridan at www.forexlive.com.

Australia Producer Price Index (QoQ) came in at 0.9%, above forecasts (0.8%) in 1Q

Japan Unemployment Rate above forecasts (2.4%) in March: Actual (2.5%)

Japan Jobs / Applicants Ratio registered at 1.26 above expectations (1.25) in March