Global FX TESTING DATA:

• • • Asian markets
      
      

      Asian stocks tracked Wall Street’s slide overnight while the dollar was on the defensive with tensions in the Korean Peninsula showing few signs of abating.Asian shares fell on Wednesday as tension on the Korean peninsula weighed on sentiment.

    • GOLD
      
      

      Gold rose in Asia on Tuesday after sharp calls from the U.S. for the United Nations to impose even tougher sanctions on North Korea for its weekend test of what it claimed was a hydrogen bomb.

    • OIL
      
      Oil prices slipped as crude demand remained subdued on the back of refinery closures following Hurricane Harvey which hit the U.S. Gulf coast 10 days ago.Although many refineries and pipelines which were knocked out by Harvey are now in the process of restarting, analysts say it will take some time before the U.S. petroleum industry is back to full crude processing capacity.
       
    • SOUTH KOREA
      
      South Korea said on Tuesday an agreement with the United States to scrap a weight limit on its warheads would help it respond to North Korea’s nuclear and missile threat after Pyongyang conducted its sixth and largest nuclear test two days ago.
       
    • US
      
      President Donald Trump’s administration is set to unveil revised self-driving vehicle guidelines next week in Michigan, responding to automakers’ calls for elimination of legal barriers to putting autonomous vehicles on the road, sources briefed on the matter said on Tuesday.U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao was expected to unveil the revised guidelines next Tuesday at a self-driving vehicle testing facility in Ann Arbor
       
    • BRAZIL
      
      Brazil’s lower house of Congress on Tuesday gave initial approval to a bill to reduce the huge array of political parties that have made it hard to govern the country and contributed to corruption.The proliferation of parties has forced Brazilian governments to forge unwieldy coalitions to stay in power by distributing jobs, influence and pork barrel spending, which critics say has provided fertile ground for graft.
       
    • JAPAN
      
      Japan’s economy likely grew at a slower pace than initially estimated in the second quarter, on expected downward revisions in capital spending growth.“Capital spending is likely be revised down. But overall, the economy maintained its high rate of growth helped by consumer spending and public investment'.
       
    • GERMAN
      
      Germans are far more satisfied with the direction of their country and less politically polarised than other European nations, a survey showed on Wednesday, underscoring why Angela Merkel is expected to win a new term as chancellor this month.