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• Tariff negotiations are ongoing. A group of Mexican officials travelled to the US earlier this week for negotiations, which are set to continue talks with their US counterparts today. Sheinbaum confirmed earlier this week that they are still aiming to secure a tariff agreement before the Friday deadline. Late yesterday, economy minister Ebrard said he was "optimistic" but warned that negotiations had been intense and complex.
• GDP data due later today is expected to show growth slowing on a Y/Y basis to 0.1% from 0.8%, but accelerating on the quarter to 0.4% from 0.2% prior.
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Goldman Sachs note that “the market-implied Fed path sits firmly on the dovish side of our economists’ baseline but is decidedly less offside on a probability-weighted basis given the context of risks that are firmly tilted to the downside”.