UK Sunak reportedly set to extend furlough program until March next year 0 (0)

BBC political correspondent, Nick Eardley, reports in a tweet
NEW: Chancellor set to extend furlough until March, sources have told the BBC. Details just after midday – not clear if it will mean full 80 per cent.
Well, Sunak will be addressing parliament soon – scheduled to be at the top of the hour – on the

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ECB’s Villeroy: French second lockdown to have less economic impact than the first 0 (0)

Villeroy says the Bank of France will publish its first estimate of the impact of the second lockdown next Monday
I think the headline is very much expected, otherwise the market wouldn’t take too kindly on the news. That said, the lockdown is still expected to drag French Q4 economic output into negative territory and that

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US election: Where are we at now? 0 (0)

There’s still no winner being declared yet in the presidential race
The narrative since yesterday remains largely the same, the shift in the tide in Wisconsin and Michigan puts Biden in the lead to win the White House with Trump now needing to retain his lead in Pennsylvania and Georgia at least to keep things close.The

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US MBA mortgage applications w.e. 30 October +3.8% vs +1.7% prior 0 (0)

Latest data from the Mortgage Bankers Association for the week ending 30 October 2020
–  +1.7%
– Market index 838.2 vs 807.8 prior
– Purchase index 301.2 vs 305.2 prior
The bulk of the surge last week was due to a jump in refinancing activity as purchases slowed down once again. Overall, this still points to the housing market

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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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