During yesterday's trading session US stock indices declined due to a slowdown in the global economy. Asian indices were also muted, indicating a decline.
The dollar index is almost unchanged, but continues to show growth.
Donald Trump leaves no hope that he will be re-elected in 2020 and actively pushes the negotiators to conclude a deal with China. After the failure of the summit with the DPRK leader, the head of the White House needs any kind of success urgently to maintain his positions.
The released data on the US trade balance turned out to be worse than expected and amounted to -59.8 billion dollars, instead of the projected -57.9 billion.
Amid a slowdown in the global economy, the OECD downgraded the economies of almost every G-20 country, and the organization warns that the situation could get worse.
Oil reserves in the United States exceeded the expected level and after the release of data, oil quotes decreased.