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Welcome to Friday, Americas. Here’s the latest news and analysis from Bloomberg Economics to help get you through to the weekend:
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- A delay in some U.S. tariffs and a flurry of conciliatory tweets from President Donald Trump have prompted China’s state media to display confidence that Beijing is gaining the upper hand in the protracted trade war
- If Trump wants to heave more trade threats at the European Union, a fresh batch of numbers just gave him a reason
- Meanwhile, U.S. sanctions against Iran and Venezuela have inadvertently boosted revenues for Russia’s exporters
- Economists remain confident the Fed will cut interest rates again next month as insurance against a global slowdown. Meantime, one of the most dovish members said market turmoil and a slowing global economy don’t warrant action before the September meeting
- Malaysia bucked the trend across the region to post stronger-than-expected growth in the second quarter, but in Singapore, exports posted another double-digit decline in July
- Goldman Sachs slashed growth forecasts for the “Asian Tigers” as their exposure to the world economy -- once one of their greatest strengths -- is now backfiring
- It sounds like a stunt worthy of James Bond, but the Bank of Spain really does have a chamber in its gold vault that floods with water if bullion raiders break in
- Here’s our weekly wrap of what’s going on in the world economy
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