Weekly forex futures positioning data for the CFTC for the week ending April 20, 2021
– EUR long 81K vs 67K long last week. Longs increased by at 14 K
– GBP long 25K vs 26K long last week. Longs decrease by 1K

Remarks by European Commission president, Ursula von der Leyen
The likes of Germany, France, Italy, Spain have only seen roughly 7-8% of their population receiving full vaccinations as of this week, so to target near 60% (which roughly equates to 70% of their respective adult population) by July is still some way to go.

Forex news from the European trading session – 23 April 2021
Headlines:
Markets:
– AUD leads, USD lags on the day
– European equities lower; S&P 500 futures up 0.2%

Remarks by Moderna CEO, Stéphane Bancel

The wild ride continues today
At the lows today, Bitcoin fell by nearly 8% in a drop to $47,465 but has clawed its way back up to just above $50,000 again now and is down a little under 3% on the day.

A tough decision for the upcoming June policy meeting
Despite the policy meeting this week being a calm one, ECB policymakers are said to expect a tough decision in June – also when the next set of economic projections are released – over whether to start easing PEPP purchases, according to Bloomberg sources.

Forex news from the European trading session – 22 April 2021
Headlines:
Markets:
– CHF leads, NZD lags on the day
– European equities higher; S&P 500 futures down 0.1%

ECB announces their latest monetary policy decision – 22 April 2021
They are reaffirming their pledge of higher PEPP purchases until June but so far it hasn’t really been showing up in the data, at least not „significantly“. Other than that, the rest of the policy language appears to be unchanged. The ECB still retains the

Bloomberg Intelligence think so
Corn has been on a strong run higher over the last months in line with commodities generally. Vaccine optimism, reflation expectations, and a weak USD have all lifted commodities. Corn, a food staple, has been no exception.

Latest data released by CBI – 22 April 2021
Of note, the quarterly optimism index jumps to 38 from -22 in March as UK manufacturers‘ expectations of a rebound rose to the highest in almost 50 years. The monthly reading for factory orders were less upbeat though as seen with the headline.That said, it is all