Wednesday 23rd August 2017

The US dollar and equities did well overnight on reports that maybe President Trump’s administration will be able to successfully pass pro-business legislation, including his long-promised tax reforms. It was a less rosy picture in Europe, where economic sentiment from Germany fell well short of expectations. Phil Dobbie asks NAB’s David de Garis whether this will be reflected in what ECB’s Mario Draghi has to say – he’s speaking twice in the next 24 hours, on both sides of the Atlantic.