The economy shrinks in the Second Quarter. In september, china is sticking to trade talks after untildelays some tariffs the christmas period. Airport injunction, Hong Kong Police at the City Transport hub after a chaotic night when protesters were beat and detained suspected infiltrators. Yen,a look at the japanese just to illustrate what happened yesterday when donald trump tweeted that maybe some goods do not need tariffs on september 1. It would help the christmas period. As a result, you see the safe haven bid come off the japanese yen pretty substantially. We were down almost at 1. 05 even, now you can buy more than 106 for your dollar. We have futures turning more positive in europe. U. S. Futures are down for the most part, but nasdaq futures are rising. That support has shown through index futures. That support has shown through dax futures. Hong kong police have posted an injunction notice saying protesters will be leaving the premises or restrained. This followed a night of
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