The market is at least guaranteed one battle will continue once the election is out of the way 0 (0)

Regardless of who wins the White House, the battle between COVID-19 and central banks will still continue
Even though the election race may still prove to be too close to call, the market can at least bet that there are two things they can count on once this is over and done with.

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Dollar gains ease as the market digests the tense US election rhetoric 0 (0)

The dollar is trimming some of its earlier advance as stocks stay more choppy
EUR/USD is now back up to 1.1700, working its way above the 100-hour moving average at 1.1670. Meanwhile, GBP/USD is back up above 1.3000 after having traded to as low as 1.2915 earlier as buyers now seize back near-term control in the

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ECB’s de Cos: It is highly likely that ECB could implement new stimulus measures in December 0 (0)

This just reaffirms the market expectations
They have been rather explicit about doing so following last week.
the policy meeting
As things stand, expanding PEPP is the definitely part of its „recalibration“ but I reckon we can also expect changes to QE and TLTRO as well next month.

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European Commission on Brexit talks: We have not yet found a solution on fisheries 0 (0)

The European Commission updates on Brexit talks
– Still a lot to do in negotiations with the UK
– Barnier is to brief member states some time this week
– Still working towards agreement with the UK
As you would expect, both sides are still posturing for the most part despite all the political theater over the past few

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Is Pennsylvania the likely tipping-point state for the election this year? 0 (0)

Biden’s chances of winning the White House may rest on the Pennsylvania result, according to FiveThirtyEight
FiveThirtyEight makes mention that losing Pennsylvania wouldn’t necessarily doom Biden’s odds of winning but in the event of a more tightly contested outcome later in the night, it could serve as the likely tipping-point state of the election – one

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Italy to introduce three-tier system to try and curb the spread of the virus 0 (0)

As confirmed by Italian prime minister, Giuseppe Conte
– This will divide the country into three areas based on degree of risk
– There is a high possibility that 15 of 20 regions will exceed critical level of intensive care within a month, so we must intervene
Italy steps up measures to deal with the second wave, with

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