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November2, 2017 Edition.-----Internationally Catalonia seems to be going from bad to worse with a risk that the Madrid Government will overreact and make the crisis even worse. It is already looking pretty messy.In the US Trump has finally realised there is an opioid crisis with 64,000 people dying a year of overdoses and millions more in trouble with addiction. There seems to have been some movement of the Tax Cut front – making Wall St happy – while it seems Janet Yellen (The present Chair of the Federal Reserve) will be replaced by Trump after February.As for China, now the 19th Plenum is over, we can just watch to see what changes get made. With OZ so dependent on them this really can matter. -----In Austral ia we have a little political chaos with the High Court having booted five out of Parliament. Barnaby Joyce has a bye-election Dec 2, but he looks pretty certain to get returned. In the mean- time Senator Cash seems to under some pressure after an ill-considered stunt and... This is the initial part of the post - read more by clicking on the title of the article. David.
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