Global FX TESTING DATA:

• • • Asian markets
      
      

      Asian shares edged up as investors kept a wary eye on another U.S. storm, while the dollar skidded after European Central Bank chief Mario Draghi suggested the bank may begin tapering its massive stimulus programme this autumn.

       
    • GOLD
      
      

      Gold prices hit a fresh one-year high early as the dollar sagged on the back of weaker-than-expected U.S. jobs data and the euro firmed.

       
    • OIL
      
      Oil prices were little changed  as the international petroleum industry remains in the grip of Caribbean hurricanes which have pummeled the region for the last two weeks.
       
    • JAPAN
      
      Japan’s economic growth in the second quarter was much slower than seen in a stellar preliminary reading, government data showed on Friday, confounding hopes for a long awaited pick-up in domestic demand.The downgrade was widely expected after data used to revise gross domestic product (GDP) figures showed capital spending growth in April-June slowed from the previous quarter.
       
    • US
      
      A U.S. appeals court on Thursday rejected the Trump administration’s effort to temporarily bar most refugees from entering the country, ruling that those who have relationships with a resettlement agency should be exempt from an executive order banning refugees.The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in June that Trump’s ban could be implemented on a limited basis, but should not be applied to people with “bona fide” relationships to people or entities in the United States.
       
    • SINGAPORE
      
      Police in Singapore have arrested a man suspected of planning to join Islamic State-linked fighters in the Philippines and a woman who was in contact with foreign militants.Singapore, regarded as the most stable country in Southeast Asia, has become increasingly concerned about the risks of radicalisation among its Muslim minority.The man arrested was identified as Imran Kassim, 34. The Ministry of Home Affairs said he had tried to make his way to Syria to join Islamic State fighters at least twice, and had been prepared to attack members of the Singaporean armed forces.
      
      CHINA
      
      China’s iron ore imports edged up in in August as soaring steel prices increased appetite for high-grade foreign ore in the world’s biggest steel producer.“Imports will remain high as steel production is still relatively strong, and China’s winter production cuts won’t come until mid-November,” said Helen Lau, analyst at Agronauts Securities in Hong Kong.“Domestic iron ore production in China also continues to be under pressure because of the environmental protection measures which prevent them from expanding,”