Forex news for North American trade on July 10, 2020:
Markets:
– Gold down $4 to $1799
– WTI crude up 86-cents to $40.49
– US 10-year yields up 2 bps to 0.6348%
The tone was negative overall and with a US dollar bid heading into New York trade but the virus headlines are all a bit better today, starting

Fitch ratings on Italy
How could a country borrowing at only 1.226% for 10 years be rated BBB-?
A great move from Fitch would be if they upgraded them to AA on the implicit guarantee from Germany.

Weekly FX speculative positioning data from the CFTC:
The timing on trimming the CAD shorts was sub-optimal with the pair lagging this week.

Small sign that the White House doesn’t want to go big
There’s a risk that some Republican Senators start to try to reclaim some high ground on fiscal discipline. If they feel Trump isn’t going to win in November, they may want to pivot back to ‚fiscal conservatism‘ now rather than vote for another big stimulus