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FOREX: Trade headline ping pong leaves market looking tired

-The will-they-won't-they nature of trade headlines continued to dominate

Thursday, with the latest missive from the South China Morning Post roiling

sentiment. The sources piece wrote that China are watching whether the US

President signs the Hong Kong bill, warning that it could become another barrier

to a trade deal. JPY traded well alongside the greenback.

-Elsewhere, CAD is the best performing major currency Thursday as the fireside

chat with BoC governor Poloz proved more noteworthy than many were expecting.

Contrasting with the dovish comments from BoC's Wilkins earlier this week, Poloz

stated that monetary conditions were "about right" helping to ease USD/CAD back

below the C$1.33 handle.

-Preliminary November PMI data takes focus Friday, with data due from Japan,

Eurozone countries, the UK and US. Canadian retail sales are also on the docket.

New ECB President Lagarde has her first fully fledged speech in her new job

role, which is followed by speeches from ECB's Weidmann and de Cos later in the

day.