日本财务大臣表示，在经济评估上与日本央行没有分歧。日本财务大臣片山佐子周二表示，在央行行长表示对前景充满信心并暗示加息后，她认为政府和日本央行在经济评估方面没有差距。

Japan finance minister says no divergence with BOJ on economic assessment.Japanese Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama said on Tuesday she sees no gap between the government and the Bank of Japan on their assessment of the economy, after the central bank chief voiced confidence in the outlook and hinted at a rate hike.

12月美元季节性：美元/日元、美元/瑞士法郎、欧元/美元、澳元/美元。季节性模式可以补充其他形式的分析，但它们远非路线图。它们只是历史回报的平均值，突显了市场往往跑赢或跑输的时期，而这些模式可能会发生转变或完全失败。

US Dollar Seasonality in December: USD/JPY, USD/CHF, EUR/USD, AUD/USD.Seasonal patterns can complement other forms of analysis, but they're far from a roadmap. They're simply averages of historical returns that highlight periods where markets have tended to outperform or underperform — and those patterns can shift or fail altogether.

澳大利亚第三季度经常账户赤字扩大拖累GDP。周二公布的数据显示，澳大利亚第三季度经常账户赤字意外扩大，进口量超过出口，对经济增长造成小幅拖累。

Australia Q3 current account deficit widens, drags on GDP.Australia's current account deficit widened unexpectedly in the third quarter, while import volumes outpaced exports to make a small drag on economic growth, data showed on Tuesday.

美元处于守势，PMI数据支持降息。周二，美元仍面临压力，因为全球最大经济体的制造业活动数据弱于预期，给美联储施加了压力，要求其在本月晚些时候的政策会议上降息。

Dollar on the defensive as PMI data boosts case for rate cut.The U.S. dollar remained under pressure on Tuesday as weaker-than-expected manufacturing activity data from the world's biggest economy heaped pressure on the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates at its policy meeting later this month.