USD strength
r and no progress in Brexit talks have pushed . This has given the USD strength. 
Weak PMI’s have dragged the EURUSD lowe
GBPUSD down through a key weekly trend line

ECB releases the account of its July 2020 monetary policy meeting
– Financial market conditions had continued to normalise
– They remain tight and more fragile than before the pandemic
There isn’t anything new with regards to the ECB’s policy stance and their take on recent economic developments. They are very much in wait-and-see mode right now but

Forex news from the European trading session – 20 August 2020
Headlines:
– CHF leads, NZD lags on the day
– European equities lower; E-minis down 0.3%
– US 10-year yields down 2.7 bps to 0.652%

GBP/USD pushes to session highs for the day, price action now in a battle between the key hourly moving averages
Near-term support at around 1.3067-74 held earlier today and that is helping to see buyers try to wrestle back some control in a push back above 1.3100 on the session.

That sets up a more interesting session later in the day
S&P 500 futures have trimmed losses to 5-6 points now after having been down by as much as 26 points earlier today. The European session low saw futures slip by 0.7% or by 22 points before recovering to current levels.

Deutsche Bank argues that the euro may have hit a top for now
Adding that any move towards 1.2300 in EUR/USD would make the range lean towards the extreme side and see ‚ultimate exhaustion‘.

Likely more noise more than anything else
The Fed has that the economic situation is starting to worsen a little and cast a bit of a dark cloud over the outlook in 2H 2020, considering the fact that the virus situation was escalating rather rapidly across the US last month.

Forex news from the European trading session – 19 August 2020
Headlines:
Markets:
– NZD leads, GBP lags on the day
– European equities a little higher; E-minis up 0.1%

Mark Meadows comments to Fox News in an interview
– Says will be here until Saturday, hopes that Democrats will as well
– Says private talks with Democrats have gone extremely well
It is pretty much the same old brand new story day in, day out. As much as Meadows is touting that talks are going well, a

All eyes stay on North American trading once again, with the July FOMC meeting minutes also a key focus point today
Elsewhere, gold is keeping under $2,000 to start the day and tested its 200-hour moving average near $1,980 at the start of the session. But buyers defended the level and price action has kept around