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The tentative agreement must be ratified by vote of Fiat Chrysler’s 40,000 union workers in the United States. The UAW Chrysler Council will meet in Detroit at 11 am on Friday to discuss the agreement and vote on it, the union said. The UAW had previously told the company that it would terminate the current labor contract if a new deal was not reached by 11:59 pm EDT on Thursday.

Greetings everyone
No prizes for guessing today’s main events and we’ve not got a lot data wise before the BOE steps up first at 11.00 GMT. I’ll be posting up a preview shortly

Google formally announced a new initiative to ensure that news articles load more quickly on the web, the NYT reports.

The dollar stood tall on Thursday as investors awaited minutes of the last Fed meeting for clues on monetary policy.

Forex news for Asia trading Thursday 8 October 2015
Big movement on the session in silver (down 3%) and in currencies the AUD and NZD the biggest losers.
EUR found a bit of buying, the move wasn;lt large but it gained 20-odd points (EUR/USD). Late Europe news out of Deutsche Bank of a Q3 loss and the potential of a dividend cut (perhaps to as low as zero) weighed on DB shares and, initially, a little on EUR.

The head of Amazon Web Services (AWS), Andy Jassy says CEO Jeff Bezos has no plans to spin off AWS because the two businesses complement each other.

A thorough piece from Apt Capital on Japan’s ‘3rd arrow’ reforms
I’ve only managed a quick skim so far (its just out) but the conclusion is depressingly as expected: