Daily summary: Limited volatility on markets as Easter break begins

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The final trading day of the week has been rather uneventful. As the majority of the markets was already closed for Easter holidays, liquidity conditions were very thin
Indices from Asia-Pacific traded higher today - Nikkei gained 0.5%, Kospi traded flat and Nifty 50 jumped 0.9%. Indices from China traded 0.4-1.0% higher
Trading ranges on the major FX pairs were narrow today. AUD and NZD are the best performing G10 currencies at press time, while CHF and CAD lag the most
Major cryptocurrencies trade slightly lower today - Bitcoin drops 1.3%, Ethereum declines 0.9% and Dogecoin trades 1.5% lower
Fed Chair Powell said that today's PCE reading for February was in-line with expectations, but Fed wants to be more confident before cutting rates as cutting too soon would be very disruptive
US PCE inflation accelerated from 2.4 to 2.5% YoY in February (exp. 2.4% YoY), while core PCE stayed unchanged at 2.8% YoY (exp. 2.8% YoY)
French CPI inflation slowed from 3.0 to 2.3% YoY in March (exp. 2.6% YoY)
Italian CPI inflation accelerated from 0.8 to 1.3% YoY in March (exp. 1.4% YoY)
Core CPI inflation in Japanese Tokyo area slowed from 2.5 to 2.4% YoY in March (exp. 2.4% YoY)
Japanese retail sales were 4.6% YoY higher in February (exp. 2.8% YoY), while industrial production declined 3.4% YoY (exp. -2.7% YoY)
Japanese unemployment rate jumped from 2.4 to 2.6% in February (exp. 2.4%)

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