The focus today is on central banks with the Bank of Japan holding rates steady but markets anticipating a 25-basis point cut from the U.S. Federal Reserve. President Trump, however, insists that ‘a small cut is not enough’. Asian stocks move higher as trade talks between Washington and Beijing resume in Shanghai and earnings are expected from Chinese tech giant Huawei. Sterling plunges to a 28-month low as Prime Minister Boris Johnson angles the U.K. to a no-deal Brexit saying that the withdrawal agreement negotiated by former PM Theresa May is now dead in the water. Also, in corporate news, meat substitute company Beyond Meat sees its shares fall in after-hours trading on plans to sell more shares. Its sales however, have increased three-fold in the second quarter. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.