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Happy Friday, everyone! Hope you're all doing well as we get things going here on the session. It's been a decent start to the day with some action across the board as we see risk sentiment soften slightly while the aussie and kiwi are weaker since Asia Pacific trading.

WCRS 14-06

The yen is leading gains as a result with Treasury yields marked lower and equities slightly softer following some poor data out of China in the past hour. Looking ahead, the main focus of markets is still the release of the US retail sales data so let's see what that has to offer as we look to wrap up the trading week.

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