Comments by UK prime minister, Boris Johnson
– UK economy is under-productive
– The economy has been shaken by the virus crisis
– UK has shortages of many crucial skills
Pretty much just stating the fact, but the slack in the UK labour market has been rather well documented for quite a while already even before the pandemic struck.

Will dollar flows follow in the session ahead?
The EUR/USD 3-month basis swap has widened to its most since June while the yen-dollar 3-month basis swap has widened to its most since the end of March, with month-end and quarter-end trading in focus over the next two days.

Forex news from the European trading session – 29 September 2020
Headlines:
Markets:
– AUD leads, JPY lags on the day
– European equities lower; E-minis down 0.2%

EUR/USD closes back in on the 1.1700 level
The dollar is down to session lows for the day now with EUR/USD nudging towards 1.1700 again as buyers try and breach the near-term resistance around 1.1680-85.

German minister of state for Europe, Michael Roth, comments in a letter to the UK government as seen by Der Spiegel
Just some added posturing by the EU camp as negotiations are still ongoing this week. So far, there are little details on how things are progressing but given that the first key deadline is 15

Forex news from the European trading session – 28 September 2020
Headlines:
Markets:
– GBP leads, USD lags on the day
– European equities higher; E-minis up 1.3%

Something to note for the session ahead
It is pretty much a bare calendar day in North American trading today but we will be hearing from both ECB president Lagarde and BOE governor Bailey though.

France stays adamant that they will not return to a mass lockdown
Germany’s Merkel also sent a similar message earlier today .
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But as the virus situation continues to escalate across Europe, tougher restrictions will surely be needed to curb the spread. Otherwise, fears of the virus itself will weigh on consumer behaviour and that will take

Ramsden says that he still sees the effective lower bound at 0.10%
The BOE’s communication on negative rates has been all over the place, so I wouldn’t put too much attachment to Ramsden’s remarks. But for now, it is enough to give the pound a decent lift, with cable looking to firmly clear its 200-hour moving

Cable buyers look to try and seize near-term control
The pound is posting fresh highs for the day now as BOE policymaker, Dave Ramsden,  – for now at least – and affirmed that he still views the effective lower bound in the bank rate at 0.10%.