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Monetary Authority of Singapore  comments following the data release earlier  Monetary policy settings, stance remains unchanged – are appropriate – sees jobs market worsening later in the year —

Bank of Japan Governor Kuroda will appear in the Japanese parliament from 10am Tokyo time  – which is 0100GMT Australian Prime Minister Morrison is speaking from 12.30pm Sydney time 

Comments from Bank of France Governor Villeroy de Galhau overnight can be found here: In a nutshell: – he is signalling that more ECB policy stimulus is on its way (the ECB meets next week) At next week's meeting expect:

Poloz takes audience questions: I'll monitor for other comments. USD/CAD dipped to 1.3969 at the London fix but is back to 1.3985, little changed on the day. See here for global coronavirus case data

Highlights from Poloz's final speech at the BOC That's all she wrote for Poloz. He's a relentless optimist but he's not shaking the boat in his final speech. Happy trails.

Comments from Villeroy: See here for global coronavirus case data

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<p>ECB warned today in a release that “even as infection rates fall in many countries, the impact on the economy and markets has unearthed and increased existing vulnerabilities for euro area financial stability.” “The pandemic has caused one of the sharpest economic contractions in recent history, but wide-ranging policy me

<p>Conference Board US Consumer Confidence Index rose slightly to 86.6 in May, up from 85.7, below expectation of 87.1. Present Situation Index dropped to 71.1, down form 73.0. Expectations Index improved to 96.9, up from 94.3. “Following two months of rapid decline, the free-fall in Confidence stopped in May,” says Lynn Franco, S