(Bloomberg) -- Welcome to Wednesday, Americas. Here's the latest news and analysis from Bloomberg Economics to help get your day started:
- President Donald Trump is pressuring U.S. trade negotiators to cut a deal with China soon in hope of fueling a market rally, according to people familiar with the matter
- China won't make big concessions to the U.S. in order to seal a trade deal, former finance minister Lou Jiwei said in Beijing on Wednesday, calling some U.S. demands for change “unreasonable”
- A potential U.S. -China deal leaves currencies as the fighting ground
- It's rate decision day in Canada -- here's what to expect
- America's job market is defying employer labor shortage reports
- Trump's big tax cuts did little to boost economic growth, according to Bloomberg Economics' Tim Mahedy
- The global economy is suffering more than expected from trade tensions and political uncertainty which are clouding prospects particularly in Europe, according to a gloomy report from the OECD
- The OECD slashed its forecast for the Italian economy to a 0.2 percent contraction this year, reflecting the effects of the global trade slowdown
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