The pound is one of the top performers today, alongside the aussie and kiwi
Cable is trading to fresh highs since April 2018 above 1.3600 but that also owes partly to the weaker dollar story. The pound on its own is trading higher on the day and that is more clearly reflected in EUR/GBP and GBP/JPY.

The usual stuff that we’ve been hearing for months on end
In this final stretch of talks, transparency & unity are important as ever: Debriefed @Europarl_EN Conference of Presidents this morning on EU-UK negotiations.
For those who missed out, talks are likely to stretch on until the weekend again in hopes of a breakthrough or compromise.

SNB chief, Thomas Jordan, remarks
This refers to the decision yesterday . The SNB has been given a free pass on this for many years now but the US finally decided to put it on the list this time around.

Latest data released by Eurostat – 17 December 2020
The preliminary report can be found . No change to the initial estimates as this just reaffirms more subdued inflation pressures going into the year-end in the euro area.