Markets....
Calendar for Friday....
BoJ: Reserve Balance Stands At JPY 322.3 Tln (prev JPY 322.4 Tln)
BoJ: Current Account Balance Stands At JPY 363.5 Tln (prev JPY 363.6 Tln)
New Zealand Terms of Trade Index (Q/Q) Q2: 1.5% (est 3.0% ; prev 5.10%)
US.....
We're getting close to Dow 22K again http://on.mktw.net/2vNebwl
Market Performance For August - US & Europe Major Indices...
Employment report for US due Friday - Preview...
This !
*COLONIAL SHUTTING DOWN ANOTHER PIPELINE TODAY, ELAINE DUKE SAYS: BBG. #OOTT
Tropical Storm Harvey Updates....
VP decided to do an impromptu meet-and-greet with 18 people waving to him near Victoria, TX airport.
*TRUMP PLEDGING $1 MILLION TO #HARVEY DISASTER AID: BBG
Sweat dripped off Pence's face as he helped Texas's Greg Abbott haul tree debris, both in blue work gloves. No coastal breeze, roasting hot.
200k customers in Texas with no electricity, 11k in Louisiana, acting Homeland Security chief Elaine Duke told press.
RESCUE CALLS: 900 calls for rescue per hour still rolling in, per Elaine Duke; fewer in Houston, more in Beaumont, Port Arthur, Orange, TX.
Trump and 1st Lady will return to Texas Saturday, VP Pence told press on AF2 en route to Corpus Christi. Destination announced later today.
Rick Perry: 30% of production at Texas refineries off line.
"I don't know how long it's going to take to get those back on," told us on AF2.
500k barrels released from strategic reserve by US Gov't...
Something to keep an eye on..
Hurricane Irma....
#HurricaneIrma has become the second major #Hurricane of the 2017-2018 season.
Hurricane #Irma Advisory 6: Irma Becomes a Category 3 Hurricane Over the Eastern Atlantic. http://go.usa.gov/W3H
Advisory 5 out for Irma.
US Political Round Up....
MEXICAN ECONOMY MINISTER SAYS #NAFTA WOULD CONTINUE TO EXIST BETWEEN MEXICO AND CANADA IF UNITED STATES PULLS OUT OF THE TREATY
TRUMP, TRUDEAU BOTH STRESSED HOPE TO REACH AN AGREEMENT IN NAFTA RENEGOTIATION BY YEAR END -WHITE HOUSE
Interesting....
SANDERS SAYS FINAL DECISION ON #DACA NOT MADE YET. CONTRARY TO REPORTS OF FRIDAY ANNOUNCEMENT: WH PRESS BRIEF
TRUMP'S ANNOUNCEMENT ON ENDING #DACA PROGRAM COULD COME AS EARLY AS FRIDAY - SENIOR OFFICIAL: RTRS
Guess we wait and see exactly how they choose to respond -clearly a response is coming.
This naturally will result in further tit for tat countersanctions.
Mattis & DefMin Yoon reportedly discuss redeployment of tac nukes and nuke subs among other issues, according to YTN http://m.ytn.co.kr/news_view.php?key=201708312159528477&s_mcd=0104 …
Europe Financial News....
Employment subsidy proposal gets nod from European Parliament http://dlvr.it/PjyNpX
EZ 'flash' inflation estimate rises to 1.5pct in Aug. Implications for ECB meeting next week. Reaction here https://www.livesquawk.com/members/ez_flash_aug_inflation_rate_2017_-_reaction_ …
Catalan government readies tax agency in challenge to Madrid https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-08-31/catalan-government-readies-tax-agency-in-challenge-to-madrid … via @estebanduarte4
French Pres. Macron: Only EU’s Barnier Has EU Mandate To Negotiate Brexit - RTRS
French Pres. Macron: Dismisses False Information Circulating In UK Press - RTRS
Dutch PM Rutte: Concerned By The Pace Of The Brexit Negotiations - RTRS
FRANCE'S CAC 40 UP 0.70 PCT, GERMANY'S DAX UP 0.60 PCT, SPAIN'S IBEX UP 0.59PCT
Nomura changes #ECB call. Expects slower QE tapering b/c of Euro strength. Thinks asset purchases to wound down over 9months of 2018, not 6
What ???
EU OFFICIAL: WE DIDN'T DISCUSS BREXIT TRANSITION COSTS
Catalan government + police:
- admit Rambla warning
- claim unnamed non-CIA source
- attack newspaper editor
https://www.thespainreport.com/articles/1092-170831102001-editor-admits-front-page-image-of-barcelona-terror-attack-cia-warning-is-not-original#789 …
LATEST: Now Catalan police chief refuses to reveal HIS sources for Rambla alert(s) before attack, but insists not CIA or NCTC.
David Davis: It's complicated. We've made a lot of progress.
Michel Barnier: It's complicated. We've made zero progress.
I am beginning to wonder whether Barnier and Davis are actually attending the same talks. #Brexit (via @tom_nuttall)
#FRANCE | *FRENCH PM SAYS DECREES TO IMPLEMENT REFORMS PRESENTED ON SEP.22 - BBG
Odds & Ends....
Syria....
Mount Bishri map. 40km to besieged Deir Ezzor, 35km to Ash Sholah
Libya....
Transporter loaded with car bombs intercepted in Tripoli: report - https://www.libyaherald.com/2017/08/31/transporter-loaded-with-car-bombs-intercepted-in-tripoli-report/ …
Macron sending his foreign minister to chase up Serraj-Hafter Paris agreement - https://www.libyaherald.com/2017/08/31/macron-sending-his-foreign-minister-to-chase-up-serraj-hafter-paris-agreement/ …
Congolese FM Gasuco: #Libya vunerable to partition, urgent action is needed
http://www.alwasat.ly/ar/news/libya/151506/ …
Brother of Manchester bomber Salman Abedi to be tried in #Libya
http://www.alwasat.ly/ar/news/libya/151510/ …
Gulf Rift.....
Haphazard nature of blockade poses challenge for diplomacy http://www.gulf-times.com/story/562313
Foreign Minister @MBA_AlThani_ Says: Siege Countries Put the #GCC at Risk
http://bit.ly/2eI6SQU
#MOFA
#Qatar
We're in Day 87 of #Qatar dispute. Trump will meet Kuwait Emir on 7th, wants diplomatic resolution,but all signals from region say otherwise
Before leaving to Washington today, #Kuwait Emir spoke with Saudi, Bahrain, Egypt, #Qatar leaders. Kuwait is the mediator in Doha dispute.
#Qatar dispute Update:
•Kuwait Emir travels to US
•Lavrov visited Doha
•UAE: crisis will drag
•Qatar opposition group plans UK conference
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