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Yen Slides as BoJ Cuts Growth Forecast

The Japanese yen continues to lose ground and is sharply lower on Thursday. In the European session, USD/JPY is trading at 144.36, up 0.92% on the day. Earlier, the yen weakened to 144.74, its weakest level since April 10. BoJ stays pat, pessimistic about tariffs There were no surprises from the Bank of Japan, which […]

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Hassett on tariffs: I”m sure there will be news by the end of the day

This was an interesting tease from Hassett on tariff deals:

If you’d like the person in the middle of all that is Jamieson Greer and Howard Lutnick outside of China. And I’m sure they’re happy to talk to you about it; I’m sure there will be news by the end of the day.

CNBC: So you don’t know who is first or what is in the air?

Hassett: I think I know but I can’t tease

CNBC: You do think you know?

Hassett: I do think I know.

I expect this will be an announcement of a deal with India, where there are mounting signs of a deal. The contours of that will be key, particularly if the US is will to lower its tariff floor below 10%.

This article was written by Adam Button at www.forexlive.com.

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WH Eco Adviser Hassett: Hopeful for progress with China on trade

  • Hopeful for progress with China on trade.
  • We are very close to making progress with China.
  • Have hard offers from more than 20 countries.
  • Trump doesn’t support a tax increase on the wealthy.
  • Asked about tariffs: I think you’ll see news by the end of the day.

There’s been lots of de-escalating comments in the recent days with China and we even got the news of the US reaching to China for tariff talks (even though we haven’t got any official statement). It’s clear that they can’t go on with this trade war for too long as the economic damage would be big for both of them.

This article was written by Giuseppe Dellamotta at www.forexlive.com.

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