* BOJ adapt QQE for ‘yield curve control’, target zero on 10yr JGBs and abandon monetary base target (sort of)
* BOE Saunders 1st interview: expects growth to slow but not as much as consensus, and “There is substantial scope to expand asset purchases if needed, and … what you saw (at the August meeting) was that monetary policy including asset purchases did seem to have a substantial effect on asset prices”
* Bill Gross sees 50% chance of Fed hike tonight
* Roubini sees Dec hike as “fairly likely”; doesn’t see a bubble in markets now, just “frothiness”
* Goldman research shows wage inflation leads price inflation, not vice versa
* 5,476 UK firms hold EU passporting rights, 8,008 EU firms hold passporting rights to do business in the UK
* Canada forecasts 8% lower trade with UK
* New ECB report notes Trade elasticity is falling
* market prices 73% chance RBA on hold for reat of year
* Australia’s most internationally focused insurer wants to increase exposure to BBB bonds to 10%, it was zero three years ago
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