If you are just settling in after a few days off over Easter, here what you might have missed:
- Adam did a wrap up of the Monday US session, here.
In the Asian timezone, of note over the past few days were:
- China property prices eased their breakneck pace of skyrocketingness a fraction, All China March new home prices +7.7% y/y (compared to +8.7% in February) and some more here
- Abe shakes up massive Japanese pension fund and more here: Japan appoints 7 to pension fund committee, makes agressive shift
- Japan, U.S. trade talks in stalemate
- Japan March trade balance: Y -1446.3bn (expected Y -1080.9bn) and more here
- Japan Suga: China’s seizure of ship extremely regrettable, may lead to adverse impact
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Added: Japan’s Nikkei newspaper reported that the government is considering loosening lending restrictions