Decision day
USA to keep interest rates unchanged.
tomorrow head of the bank will be declared
New York attack
"Eight people were killed and several more seriously wounded after a suspected terrorist drove a truck down a bicycle path near the World Trade Centre in Manhattan yesterday. "
Tax bill
tax legislation is already coming under pressure
With the big reveal now due tomorrow, there will be 10 days to rewrite the U.S. tax code.
writing details of the plan may not be going smoothly
Markets rise
Overnight, the MSCI Asia Pacific Index gained 1 percent
Japan’s Topix index closed 1.2 percent higher
In Europe, the Stoxx 600 Index was 0.6 percent higher
S&P 500 futures were 0.3 percent higher,
the 10-year Treasury yield was at 2.390 percent
and gold was higher ahead of the Fed decision.
Commodities rally
nickel climb by the daily limit in Shanghai, adding to yesterday’s 5.3 percent rally.
Copper also rose, with prices climbing 2 percent.
Crude is having a good session, West Texas Intermediate trading at $55.01 by 5:50 a.m.
bitcoin continued its rally, trading over $6,550. |