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Fed Minutes, Bullard on December Hike, Draghi Warning: Eco Day

Fed Minutes, Bullard on December Hike, Draghi Warning: Eco Day

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Good morning Americas. Here’s the latest news and analysis from Bloomberg Economics to help get your Wednesday started:

  • Fed minutes are published later today, here’s what to expect
  • U.S. policy makers may have “slightly overdone it” by hiking in December, though it’s premature to talk about a rate cut, said Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis President James Bullard
  • The U.S. is weighing blacklisting up to five Chinese surveillance firms, widening its efforts to cut off supplies of technology to Chinese companies. Meanwhile China’s Xi Jinping called for a new “Long March” as the dispute worsens
  • Global inflation drivers are pointing towards faster price gains that may surprise markets and central banks alike, according to Citigroup Inc
  • Mario Draghi warned against exaggerating the tradeoffs between risk sharing and risk reduction in the euro zone, arguing it has hampered monetary policy transmission.
  • Central banks across Asia are moving to defend their currencies from recent declines as escalating trade tensions between the U.S. and China weigh down exports and economic growth
  • Finally, ten years after the financial crisis, economists and investors are questioning all of their old assumptions

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