Global FX TESTING DATA:

• • • Asian markets
      
      Asian shares took a breather on Tuesday after three straight sessions of gains, with markets consolidating in the hope an upswing in global growth could outlast a likely hike in U.S. borrowing costs this week.
       
    • GOLD
      
      
      Gold prices dipped slightly in Asia on Tuesday with language from he Fed after its rate announcement on Wednesday seen as key for direction.
       
    • OIL
      
      Oil prices rose on Monday, overcoming declines early in the session, after a North Sea pipeline shut for repairs and investors focused on commodities following an explosion in New York.
       
    • CRYPTOCURRENCY
      
      Newly launched bitcoin futures on Monday suggested that traders expect the cryptocurrency’s blistering price gains to slow in the coming months, even as it blasted above $17,000 to a fresh record high in the spot market.
       
    • AUSTRALIA
      
      Prominent Australian opposition Senator Sam Dastyari said on Tuesday he would resign from parliament after a series of allegations emerged about his links with Chinese-aligned interests in Australia.
       
    • NEW YORK
      
      A Bangladeshi man set off a homemade pipe bomb strapped to his body in a crowded New York City commuter hub during the morning rush hour on Monday
       
    • US
      
      The U.S. Federal Communications Commission plans to turn over oversight of internet service providers to another federal agency as it plans to vote on Thursday to revoke the landmark 2015 “net neutrality” rules.
       
    • ZURICH
      
      Zurich Insurance has agreed to buy Australia and New Zealand Banking Group’s life insurance arm for A$2.85 billion ($2.1 billion), its biggest foray into Australia and its third in the last two years.
       
    • FRANCE
      

      French President Emmanuel Macron plans to award multi-year grants for several U.S.-based scientists to relocate to France, his office said on Monday on the eve of a climate summit hosted by the president to raise finances to counter global warming.

    • SOUTH KOREA
      
      Reining in North Korea’s nuclear ambitions will top South Korean President Moon Jae-in’s agenda in Beijing during a visit this week aimed at breaking the ice after a furious row with China over Seoul’s deployment of a U.S. anti-missile system.
       

    • PHILLIPINE
      
      The Philippines bank through which $81 million stolen from Bangladesh's central bank was channeled in February 2016 has accused Dhaka's monetary authority of covering up its negligence and demanded that it stop making the bank a "scapegoat."
       

    • CHINA
      
      In an industrial park on the edge of Shanghai, a dozen Chinese teenagers are taking a break from battling digital armies to focus on their yoga.

    • AUSTRALIA
      
      Australia stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the A-REITs, Energy and Resources sectors led shares higher.Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 666 to 565 and 345 ended unchanged.They are members of EDG, one of China's top electronic sports teams, who spend six days a week in a military-style training compound to become world beaters in video games.
       

    • RUSSIA
      
      Russia threw its weight behind China’s massive Belt and Road plan to build trade and transport links across Asia and beyond, suggesting to India on Monday that it find a way to work with Beijing on the signature project.