It's a market holiday in Japan today, and that seems to be impacting on activity - there isn't a lot!

AUD/USD has slipped on the poor retail sales data earlier: Australian retail sales for September: 0.0% m/m (expected +0.4%)

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Also, Venezuela appears heading towards default .... anyone surprised?

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Stay tuned, China data coming up ... Caixin PMIs for October

  • Services, prior 50.6
  • Composite, prior 51.4

Earlier in the week we got the other PMIs from China for October, a wee bit softer.