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China’s naval commander told his U.S. counterpart there was a risk of “war” if the U.S. stays in the South China Sea.

Greetings all at ForexLive…
I’ve posted a few times on the BOJ today (along with Adam):
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Let me just reiterate on the timing of the announcement …

Hot off the press at Bloomberg (if they had a press)
Survey of 28 economists … 11 say the RBA will cut by 25 bp next week (meeting is November 3)

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Asian shares were down on Friday and on track for a weekly loss as investors grappled with the prospect of higher borrowing costs in the United States, as the Federal Reserve prepares to raise rates amid the backdrop of slowing global growth. The BOJ is likely to trim its forecasts but stand pat with financial markets stable and no clear evidence yet that overseas headwinds are damaging corporate sentiment, say sources familiar with its thinking.

Asian shares posted a lackluster open on Friday, following an uninspiring handover from offshore markets.

Learning and Development revenue doubles sequentially as marketing and subscription revenue post more modest gains.

Reuters on the Taiwan GDP data out a little earlier
– Gross domestic product contracted a worse than expected 1.01 percent in the July-September period from a year ago, preliminary figures showed