Forex news from the European trading session – 2 October 2020
Headlines:
Markets:
– JPY leads, AUD lags on the day
– European equities lower; E-minis down 1.5%

CNN reports
The story doing the rounds is that Hope Hicks tested negative for the virus before she boarded Air Force One on Wednesday morning but showed symptoms later in the day, and then got tested positive after that.

Stocks keep lower with the dollar and yen slightly firmer on the day
The key news came just before European traders had time to finish making their coffee, being and that tempered with the risk mood as it raises more uncertainty in the election race.

Long way to go before the ECB commits to any firm inflation language
Recently, they have tried to push the on their inflation outlook/mandate but then Lagarde tried to make some inroads to ‚average‘ inflation targeting – similar to the Fed – earlier in the week .