Texas coronavirus cases
– cases rise by 7018 vs. 6755 yesterday
– deaths rise by 313 to a total of 9602
– hospitalizations fall by -247 to 6632

Forex news from the European trading session – 14 August 2020
Headlines:
Markets:
– GBP leads, NZD lags on the day
– European equities lower; E-minis down 0.2%

Comments by the Chinese central bank
The PBOC offers these remarks from time to time to appease market participants and continue to keep the image that its currency market is „fair game“. Nothing really new here but it just reaffirms that there are no changes to the narrative.

That is a day later than the initial plans
This, according to Reuters citing three OPEC+ sources on the matter. There were already rumours about this from yesterday, so this just adds credence to that.

The European Commission announces in a statement
The bloc also says that there is also an added option to purchase 100 million more doses of the vaccine, on behalf of EU member states, once the vaccine has proven to be safe and effective. The full statement can be found .

EUR/USD slips to a session low of 1.1782, nears the 100-hour moving average
The dollar is keeping a little firmer on the session as it maintains slight gains against the likes of the euro, franc, loonie, aussie and kiwi currently. EUR/USD is seen slipping to a session low of 1.1782 and nears a test of the

Trump speaks in an interview with Fox Business
– USPS, mail-in funds the main holds ups in talks
– Democrats‘ demand for election funding also an issue holding up talks
Just a couple of token remarks by Trump so far, nothing for markets to really go on. The stalemate continues and will likely stay that way ahead of

Further comments by Trump
It is funny how he has come around on the dollar policy after having complained about the Fed and the ’strong‘ dollar up until . But as we look towards the election phase, it is all about public opinion and boasting, if you will.

Forex news from the European trading session – 13 August 2020
Headlines:
Markets:
– GBP leads, NZD lags on the day
– European equities a little lower; E-minis down 0.1%

The next round of Brexit talks will take place in Brussels next week
Negotiators will kick things off with a dinner on 18 August at 1700 GMT, before talks continue through the week and they will wrap things up on 21 August. After that, we can generally expect the usual press conferences from Frost and Barnier.