ECB’s Lagarde: Inflation and monetary policy are in a good place

FED'S WALLER: THERE ARE REASONS INCLUDING AI TO THINK THE HIRING MAY REMAIN WEAK Fed's Waller: Firms are starting to shed labor after over-hiring Fed's Waller: Companies are still trying to determine how AI may reduce labor demand, or similarly allow workers to be repurposed Fed's Waller: Right Now All Of The Data For The Past Year Suggests Labor Demand Is Falling More Than Labor Supply - Would Be Inefficient To Move To A Scarce Reserves Regime - If Productivity Is Rising The Neutral Rate Is Likely Rising As Well

China MOFCOM: China May Adjust Countermeasures Against US On Tariffs - Reserves Rights To Take Necessary Measures - Closely Monitoring Relevant Measures Taken By US - Willing To Hold 6th Round Of Trade Talks With US China MOFCOM: China Expects To Hold Candid Trade Talks With US In Near Future

*TRUMP ADMINISTRATION CONSIDERING NEW NATIONAL-SECURITY TARIFFS ON HALF A DOZEN INDUSTRIES, SOURCES SAY -- WSJ *NEW TARIFFS COULD COVER POWER-GRID AND TELECOM EQUIPMENT, LARGE-SCALE BATTERIES, OTHER INDUSTRIES, SOURCES SAY -- WSJ ... The Trump administration is considering new national security tariffs on a half-dozen industries in the wake of a Supreme Court decision last week that invalidated many of the president’s second-term levies