The additional 25% tariffs levied by the US on $16bn worth of Chinese imports took effect on Thursday.
Fed’s minutes for last meeting in early August was released on Wednesday August 22, suggesting another interest rate hike would be appropriate soon if the economic growth keeps strong and healthy.
UK published the planning papers for the case of a no-deal Brexit on Thursday August 23, advising pharmaceutical firms to stockpile medicines for a supply of minimum additional six weeks and telling businesses to employ extra customs checks.
On Thursday, Alibaba released its quarterly earnings, reporting an increase of 61% YoY in revenue to $12.23bn while its net income and EPS declined by 45% and 42% respectively.
US GDP growth will be released on Wednesday August 29, at an expected rate of 4.0% annualised growth.
The Eurozone CPI will be released on Friday August 31 and is expected to come in at 2.0% YoY.
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