• Arctic blast ends New York snow drought, brings record cold to West

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• ECB's Knot pushes back on rate cut bets

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• China's population drops for 2nd year, with record low birth rate

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• Asia FX muted with nonfarm payrolls in sight; Yen scales 4-mth peak

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• European shares muted as miners offset energy boost, US jobs data in focus

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• Australia's central bank holds cash rate at 4.35%

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• Sri Lankan inflation rises to 1% in October

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• Oil retreats on caution ahead of OPEC+ meeting

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