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Morning,

Markets are down, bigger than average fall,

Weaker US Treasuries auction, yields up a bit, Aussie yields up and most others are up aswell, Japan's the standout.

Qld Premier tells Chalmers to re-think GST grab as Queenslanders shouldn't be paying for Victoria's mistakes.

RIO done a $2.5 billion Lithium mining deal with Argentina.

UK inflation even higher than the high expectations.

Westpac cutting more jobs, more than 1500 planned.

Gold up, Vix up.

Oil down.

Bernard Arnault urges EU to hold constructive talk with US on EU rather than what they are doing now.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-21/arnault-urges-eu-to-hold-constructive-talks-with-us-on-tariffs?srnd=homepage-asia

ASX futures down near 1% at the moment.

Blue skies and sunshine here, 16C.