U.S. economic data due for release Friday includes the import and export price indexes, retail sales, the University of Michigan consumer sentiment survey, manufacturing and trade inventories and the U.S. Treasury budget statement.

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U.S. economic data due for release Wednesday includes the weekly MBA mortgage applications survey, import and export price indexes, retail sales, manufacturing and trade inventories and sales, the monthly Treasury budget statement and the weekly DOE liquid energy stocks report.

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China and Russia were meanwhile imposing price controls, while Argentina and Vietnam were enforcing foreign sales taxes or export bans, she said.

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