Here's the weekend posts and Monday so far ... various bits and pieces ...

  • People's Bank of China sets yuan reference rate at 6.9042 (vs. Friday at 6.8949)
  • Bridgewater Associates founder and co-CIO Ray Dalio on how he learned to invest
  • PIMCO's views on future Fed policy, ECB stimulus, BOJ YCC, global policy transition
  • BOJ's Kuroda comments on economy, CPI, YCC
  • USD/JPY on the move this morning
  • On the agenda today from the Bank of Japan
  • Fed's Bullard Says Balance Sheet Higher Than It Should Be
  • Japan BoP Current Account Balance for February: ¥ 2813.7B (expected ¥ 2512.9B)
  • China press: GDP growth may stabilise at a slower pace in Q2 of 2017
  • Brexit - UK consumer spending grows at slowest rate in three years
  • Fed's Bullard says a 2% growth rate in 2017 is about what to expect
  • Global economy - what's coming up this week? What are you watching for?
  • TD on the March NFP: "Better than the headline"
  • Another ICYMI - Russia Energy Minister Novak remarks on output cut extension from Friday
  • German economy ministry concerned on EU joint euro zone bonds idea - higher risks
  • Reuters poll on Canada economy & Bank of Canada outlook
  • Economic data due from Asia today (and a Federal Reserve speaker)
  • Trade ideas thread - - Monday 10 April 2017
  • PART 2! Update to Monday morning Forex prices - 10 April 2017
  • China: Insurance regulator investigated, Beijing land release (1.5m homes), iron roosters
  • French election - latest news, polls
  • US Navy strike group moving toward the Korean peninsula
  • EU fin mins say G20 economies will miss their extra growth targets
  • Italian Dep Fin Min Morando - govmt set to revise down its privatization target
  • Italy fin min Padoan - banks should given a "reasonable" time to sell bad loans
  • ECB's Mersch says extraordinary loose monetary policy can't continue forever
  • Greece plans to cut corporate tax in 2020 if fiscal targets exceeded
  • Monday morning Forex prices, early indications - 10 April 2017
  • Tsipras says debt relief measures related to austerity measures agreed by Eurogroup
  • Japan's Abe says he has exchanged views with Trump on Syria and North Korea

Up next:

  • Heads up for Australian February housing finance data, due bottom of the hour

Update: