Trump says he had very nice conversation with Canada's Carney

*TRUMP SAID MEETING WITH XI WAS AMAZING, OUTSTANDING *TRUMP ON CHINA TRADE DEAL: IN AGREEMENT ON MANY ELEMENTS *TRUMP REDUCED FENTANYL TARIFFS TO 10% EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY *TRUMP: SOYBEAN PURCHASES STARTING IMMEDIATELY *TRUMP AGREEMENT ON SOYBEANS, AG PRODUCTS TRUMP: MEETING WITH XI WAS AMAZING A LOT OF DECISIONS WERE MADE WILL BE PROVIDING CONCLUSIONS ON VERY IMPORTANT THINGS PURCHASES OF SOYBEAN WILL START IMMEDIATELY AGREED THAT XI WILL WORK VERY HARD TO STOP FENTANYL I WOULDN'T SAY EVERYTHING WAS DISCUSSED WE DID DISCUSS… TRUMP: TARIFFS ON CHINA WILL BE 47% DOWN FROM 57% GOING TO CHINA IN APRIL I'LL BE GOING TO CHINA IN APRIL XI WILL BE COMING TO US SOME TIME AFTER THAT GOING TO WORK TOGETHER WITH XI ON UKRAINE TO GET SOMETHING DONE Trump: Taiwan never mentioned in discussions with Xi

At the Monetary Policy Meeting held today, the Policy Board of the Bank ofJapan decided, by a 7-2 majority vote, to set the following guideline for money market operations for the intermeeting period: The Bank will encourage the uncollateralized overnight call rate to remain at around 0.5 percent. Voting for the action: UEDA Kazuo, HIMINO Ryozo, UCHIDA Shinichi, NOGUCHI Asahi, NAKAGAWA Junko, KOEDA Junko, and MASU Kazuyuki. Voting against the action: TAКАТА Hajime and TAMURA Naoki. Takata Hajime considered that there had been a shift away from the deflationary norm and the price stability target had been more or less achieved. Tamura Naoki considered that, with risks to prices becoming more skewed to the upside, the Bank should set the policy interest rate a little closer to the neutral rate. They proposed that the Bank set the guideline for money market operations as follows: the Bank would encourage the uncollateralized overnight call rate to remain at around 0.75 percent. The proposals were defeated by majority votes. BOJ BOARD MEMBERS TAKATA, TAMURA DISSENTED TO DECISION ON RATES BOJ BOARD MEMBERS TAKATA, TAMURA PROPOSED RAISING SHORT-TERM INTEREST RATE TARGET TO 0.75% FROM 0.50% PROPOSALS BY TAKATA, TAMURA TURNED DOWN BY MAJORITY VOTE BOJ'S TAKATA CONSIDERED THERE HAD BEEN A SHIFT AWAY…

#CHINA 'S STATE MEDIA RELEASES DETAILS ON XI-TRUMP MEETING - BBG *XI: COOPERATION IN TRADE, ENERGY AND OTHER FIELDS WITH US *XI: WILLING TO WORK WITH TRUMP *XI SAYS CHINA TO FURTHER COMPREHENSIVELY DEEPEN REFORM: XINHUA *XI: DIALOGUE IS BETTER THAN CONFRONTATION *XI SAYS… CHINA'S XI: CHINA'S ECONOMY LIKE AN OCEAN - CHINESE STATE MEDIA CHINA IS CONFIDENT, CAPABLE TO DEAL WITH ALL KINDS OF RISKS, CHALLENGES- CHINESE STATE MEDIA CHINA NEVER SEEKS TO CHALLENGE OR REPLACE ANY COUNTRY, FOCUSES ON DOING ITS OWN BUSINESS WELL - CHINESE STATE MEDIA… *XI: CHINA, US SHOULD NOT FALL INTO VICIOUS CYCLE OF RETALIATION

Gross domestic product (GDP) in volume* accelerates in the third quarter of 2025: it increases by 0.5%, after +0.3% in the second quarter. Final domestic demand (excluding ...