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The Italian government has ostensibly rebuked the technocrats of Europe by what what the EU calls Italy's planned budget deviation as 'unprecedented'. The EU's Moscovici handed Italian finance minister Tria a letter outlining EU concerns
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Australia's AAA sovereign rating was affirmed by S&P Global Ratings and the outlook was revised up to 'stable' from 'negative'. The Australian dollar strengthened against most major counterparts on Friday. S&P expects the federal budget balance to return to surplus by the early 2020s.
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The Trump administration has announced after failing to resolve trade matters with China it will impose tariffs on approximately $200 bln worth of imports from China effective Sept. 24
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The emerging markets known as the 'fragile five'; Brazil, India, Indonesia, South Africa and Turkey have shown that contagion is unavoidable when you are a high interest-rate economy with a trade deficit dependant on foreign capital to balance its books.
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After months of negotiations the United States and Mexico have replaced the previous NAFTA agreement with the United States - Mexico Trade Agreement. Canada was not part of the deal, they maybe added later, or not. The pressure is now on the Canadians.
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Australia economically is resurgent however Australian politics are in chaos after Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull resigned with a four way leadership showdown Friday. Australia has ruffled China with it's 5G decision to block Chinese carriers.
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Following on from last week's $15 billion financial package Qatar and Turkey central banks announced a currency swap agreement to provide liquidity and support for financial stability.
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The Turkish crisis escalated over the past week and has sent flight risk contagion ripples through emerging markets. The fallout extends to those that are Turkey's biggest lenders. There are five banks most exposed with Spains BBVA the most at risk
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Despite world wide investor apathy the Trade War iniiated by U.S. President Trump is quickly escalating. French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire on Sunday said "he question is no longer whether or not there will be a trade war, the war has already started".
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The Euro rallied in relief after Germany’s ruling government came back from the brink. Chancellor Angela Merkel and coalition partner Horst Seehofer, who had threatened to resign, struck a deal on immigration.
