Comments by UK prime minister, Boris Johnson
– We are publishing framework for containing future virus outbreaks
– Local authorities will be given new powers from tomorrow
He also reaffirms that the national lockdown was undoubtedly the right thing to do at the time. For now, things are looking better but complacency is the real threat to a

Boris Johnson says that the government is aiming to review the remaining restrictions in November
– From October, we intend to bring audiences back into stadiums
The part on large gatherings in sports stadiums will be tricky to pilot surely, and that will be a real risk if precautionary measures are not handled diligently. But in any

Lots of central bank news and top-tier data
The ECB decision at 1145 GMT is still to come but shortly afterwards the focus will shift to North American trade and the latest economic data.

ECB continues to reiterate stands ready to adjust all of its instruments
There are no changes here whatsoever. The euro chopped around 1.1400 on the release but has ticked up to 1.1410 since.

The full ECB statement
At today’s meeting the Governing Council of the ECB took the following monetary policy decisions:
(1)
The interest rate on the main refinancing operations and the interest
rates on the marginal lending facility and the deposit facility will
remain unchanged at 0.00%, 0.25% and -0.50% respectively. The Governing
Council expects the key ECB

Raab announces details into investigation of the leak of UK-US free trade agreement
The UK-US free trade agreement was leaked to Reddit and the UK is out with a report. It concludes that it is „almost certain“ that Russian actors sought to interfere in the UK election with the report. They also note that the documents

Forex news from the European morning session – 16 July 2020
Headlines:
Markets:
– USD leads, AUD an NZD lag
– European equities lower; E-minis down 0.7%
– US 10-year yields down 1.3 bps to 0.617%

The greenback falls further ahead of North American trading
The boosted risk trades early on before the solidified the risk momentum and helped to give buyers an extra nudge in the past hour or so.

Forex news from the European trading session – 15 July 2020
Headlines:
Markets:
– AUD leads, USD lags on the day
– European equities higher; E-minis up 1.3%

ITV political editor, Robert Peston, reports on the matter
It is said that the vaccine is generating a kind of antibody and T-cell response that researches have hoped to see but the efficacy can only be properly established once Phase III of the programme i.e. testing in Brazil gets underway.