Risk markets in Asia are somewhat mixed in the last session of the trading week as they absorb the burgeoning bond troubles and the passing of the Trump regime’s tax bill in the House of Reps that looks to enshrine a permanent decline in the US fiscal position. In currency markets, the USD is back

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