Swiss markets closed and Germany partly so for Whit Monday.  Australian markets shut for Queen’s Birthday holiday. Share prices have dropped 1.1% in The Philippines, 1.0% in Indonesia, 1.4% in Taiwan, 0.7% in Japan and Malaysia, 0.6% in Singapore, 0.5% in Thailand, and 0.4% in China and New Zealand.  The Dax is off 0.2%, while [...]

Three central banks holding interest rate policy meetings this week are the Bank of Japan, Swiss National Bank and Sedlabanki in Iceland.  The Bank of Japan monthly economic assessment, ECB monthly Bulletin and BOJ minutes from the May 19-20 meeting are arriving.  EU finance ministers, ECOFIN, meet in mid-week, and German and Australian are closed [...]