French banks reportedly lobbying to convince ECB to permit dividend payments in Q4 0 (0)

Bloomberg reports, citing people familiar with the matter
The sources say that they are trying to convince the ECB to permit payouts in Q4, and that some ECB supervisory board members are sympathetic so much so to allow banks to possibly make small payments this year on a case-to-case basis.

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UK PM Johnson: We cannot be prisoners of the coronavirus crisis 0 (0)

Comments by UK prime minister, Boris Johnson
– We must set out the way ahead
– We were able to avert a far worse disaster
– Still awaiting for the full economic reverberations to appear
A couple of token remarks by Johnson but the speech set out here is more symbolic if anything else. It just reaffirms that he

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BOE’s Haldane: Risks to the economy remain considerable, two-sided 0 (0)

Comments by BOE chief economist, Andy Haldane
He is sort of justifying his dissent at the latest BOE policy meeting two weeks ago with the remarks above. So, while they seem a tad more upbeat, just be mindful that it was a 8-1 decision at the time. The full text of his speech can be found

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