Bank of England Deputy Governor Lombardelli said spare capacity in the UK economy may be lower than the BoE expects, around 0-1% rather than 1%.

U.S. President Trump said he spoke with Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang today.

Minutes of the Bank of Japan's October meeting showed some policymakers urged accelerating rate hikes as underlying inflation reaches the bank's 2% target. One member said: "The effects of earlier hikes have not fully emerged and financial conditions remain accommodative. Japan has entered a new phase; the BOJ needs to speed up adjusting policy rates to neutral." Two other members said policy rates should be raised to a level that is "neutral" for the economy as soon as possible. At the Oct. 29-30 meeting the BOJ left its policy rate at 1.25% but said its 14-year effort to hit the price target has been achieved, flagged upside risks to prices and reinforced a hawkish stance.