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US consumer confidence dipped again and remains on par with where we were during the pandemic. Concerns about the potential for tariff-induced price rises, a rapidly cooling jobs market and uncertainties over wealth are all having an influence and point to subdued consumer spending growth over the coming months

The dollar is a little weaker across the board in quiet trading conditions. The yen is outperforming on some very mild verbal intervention from Japanese authorities - but hardly enough to drive a sustainable trend. In a market deprived of US data by the government shutdown, there may be more focus than usual on reports that Amazon plans to cut 30,000 jobs






















