Bank of Canada Governor Tiff Macklem speaks on Friday - Q&A

• Follows the rate cut earlier this week

PBOC conducts a 1 year MLF for 700bn yuan, rate unchanged at 2%

• Medium-term Lending Facility (MLF)

PBOC sets USD/ CNY reference rate for today at 7.1090 (vs. estimate at 7.1087)

• PBOC CNY reference rate setting for the trading session ahead.

PBOC is expected to set the USD/CNY reference rate at 7.1087 – Reuters estimate

• PBOC CNY reference rate setting for the trading session ahead.

Japanese Inflation Data Impact on USD/JPY; BoJ Meeting Outlook

• BoJ meeting next week

The impact of a slowing US economy on the USD

Japan September PPI Services (Corporate Services Price Index) 2.6% y/y (expected 2.7%)

• Japan Services Producer Price Index (PPI)

Yen intervention official Mimura says fin min Kato met with US TreasSec Yellen on Thursday

• Discussed recent FX moves - agreed to communicate closely on FX

Weekend speech coming up from Bank of England Governor Bailey - Saturday US time

• Speaking on payments

USD: Outlook from Hong Kong

RBC analysts anticipate another 50bp rate cut in December from the Bank of Canada

• Citing economic slowdown and job market challenges

Bank of Canada is out of touch, "didn't grasp the challenges facing the Canadian economy"

• The BoC cut by 50bp on Wednesday, but its not enough

Potential impact of Japan and US Elections on BoJ intervention, and monetary policy stance

• As Japan and US elections approach, Bank of Japan may adjust intervention tactics

Drop in oil prices and falling DXY keep USDCAD cornered

BOE's Ueda: Recent yen fall driven partly by optimism over US economic outlook

• He's right about that

ECB's Lane: Disinflation "well on track" to hit target in 2025

• Comments from the European Central Bank chief economist

ECB's Kazaks: Soft landing story is still there but rebound is not clear

• Comments from Kazaks

AUD gets a lift from the DXY

BOE's Mann: Economic prospects in the UK remain 'pretty modest'

• Mann says the economy will not grow by much more than 1%

ECB's Holzmann says will cut rates if circumstances, inflation allow for it

• Further remarks by Holzmann, this time to ORF Radio

ECB's Vasle says should keep cutting rates in "measured steps"

• Remarks by ECB policymaker, Bostjan Vasle

Trading qualitative and quantitative events

ECB's Holzmann: A 25 bps rate cut is probable in December

• There's still time before the line in the sand shifts again

Federal Reserve speakers on Thursday include Cleveland President Beth Hammack

European Central Bank chief economist Philip Lane speaks again on Thursday