Reuters with the headlines, citing EU diplomatic sources on the matter
– Progress made in drafting legal text of new treaty
– But no mutually acceptable solutions on fisheries, governance, level playing field
The same old, same old as we look forward to another round of talks in Brussels this week. The pound has now slipped to the

RBA governor, Philip Lowe, remarks in the Q&A session after his speech
– The costs still outweigh the benefits of negative rates now
– Negative rates still extraordinarily unlikely
This is a similar kind of rhetoric to his remarks from last week . Nothing has changed yet but as much as it is important to follow what the

The Federal Reserve’s next Federal Open Market Committee meeting is mid-Dec. Standard Chartered analysts say the Fed could ease policy again prior to then.
While there are already some market expectations of a move at the December meeting an earlier move would have an impact from (1) the  ’surprise‘ timing and also by (2) a concerned

Reports cite unnamed ‚people familiar‘.
One of those people says Yellen has withdrawn from an upcoming speaking engagement because she is in contention for the Treas. job. 

Forex news for North American trade on November 13, 2020:
Markets:
– S&P 500 closes at record high, up 1.4%
– US 10-year yields down 1.3 bps to 0.896%
– Gold up $11 to $1887
The general theme in New York trade was US dollar selling as the risk tone slowly strengthened despite the miss in the U Mich survey.

Comments from the President:
This is a bit less defiant than previously.

Trump says he will speak in 15 minutes
 Trump says he will speak in the Rose Garden in about 15 minutes. These are his first public comments in a week and they will be on Operation Warp Speed.

Light changes in the major currencies space in quiet trading
GBP/USD is holding higher around 1.3170-80 levels but still playing within the range of near-term technical levels as pointed out earlier .

German authorities will be meeting again on Monday to evaluate the current situation in the country
So, the above statement relates to that but I reckon one could also infer from the daily reports on the virus situation. In the latest update earlier today, Germany saw a record number of infections in the past 24 hours

Latest data released by Eurostat – 13 November 2020
here
For some added context, Eurozone GDP is still 4.4% below pre-pandemic levels after the boost seen in Q3 as per the above.