(Bloomberg) -- Happy Friday, Europe. Here’s the latest news from Bloomberg Economics:
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- Mario Draghi’s confidence in the euro-area economy is about to face a seven-week test
- At the Fed, two officials who vote on interest rates this year downplayed the effects on the economy of the rough October for U.S. stocks
- Those comments came as the U.S. merchandise-trade deficit widened to a record in September while orders for business equipment declined for a second month, hinting at softening demand
- Meantime, China is banking on its dominance of global supply chains to help it ride out the pain from Donald Trump’s trade war
- In Japan, inflation in Tokyo remained unchanged this month, providing little incentive for the central bank to adjust policy at its board meeting next week
- India’s tight money conditions and fears of a contagion following a debt crisis at a local lender dented demand and put a muzzle on animal spirits in the world’s fastest-growing major economy
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