• US National Activity Index Apr 0.49%, 0.
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• Iraqi oil minister agrees with Saudi Arabia on extending OPEC cuts for 9 months
• Fed’s Kaplan calls for reductions in Fed's balance sheet to start later this year
• Kaplan: three interest-rate hikes in 2017 'appropriate'
• Kaplan: Fed rate hikes should be gradual, patient
• Merkel: Euro is "too weak" for Germany due to ECB policy
• Dijsselbloem: disbursement of next loan tranche to Greece could be decided today
• RBA's Debelle: Cross currency basis may not be sign of stress
• ECB's Weidmann: Don't care about state finances when exiting stimulus
• UK PM May's election lead falls 14 pts as Labour draws support - ICM
• Monetary policy adjustments is a trial and error process -China cen. bank advisor
Looking Ahead - Economic Data (GMT)
• 00:30 Japan Nikkei Mfg PMI May 52.7 previous
Looking Ahead - Events, Other Releases (GMT)
• 23:00 Federal Reserve Board Governor Lael Brainard gives speech before the first conference of the Opportunity
and Inclusive Growth Institute in Minneapolis.