US President Trump said of Netanyahu he knows nothing about his political situation and isn’t sure, but believes Netanyahu should be very popular.

Primary market focuses: whether the Fed remains hawkish on the projected interest-rate path; the Fed’s views on forward guidance — including a risk of reduced overall communication transparency — and on the balance sheet; assessments of inf, the labor market and geopolitical risk from the Middle East. Note the minutes’ lag: oil declined and market inf expectations cooled after the meeting.

Business Insider reports Amazon is developing a previously unreported Alexa project, code-named Moonraker, intended to enable the assistant to handle more complex, multi-step user tasks.