A look at what is on the board for today
There aren’t any key expiries for today as the bulk of the strikes fall on Friday, coinciding with the US non-farm payrolls report release.

Latest data released by Destatis – 29 June 2021

Forex news from the European trading session – 28 June 2021
Headlines:
Markets:
– GBP leads, NZD lags on the day
– European equities mixed; S&P 500 futures up 0.1%

Further remarks by Holzmann
This is consistent with the ECB messaging as of late, throwing the cards to September as the next key timeframe in which the market can expect something new from the ECB.

SNB policymaker, Andrea Maechler, comments
Pandemic or not, the SNB pretty much have their hands tied and if the ECB can’t even move an inch at the moment, there is no chance for the SNB to do so in any case.

Remarks by ECB policymaker, Robert Holzmann
They continue to play down the outlook that price pressures are growing in general and it is easy to see why. With the Fed adopting the stance that they have, it makes things much simpler for the ECB.

Oil is holding steady, up 0.2% on the day
There hasn’t been much to really thwart the momentum in oil and I don’t see the OPEC+ decision this week being a major game changer whatsoever.

Central bank watch June 
Up until this weeks meeting there had been two up beat central bank meetings from the Bank of England. It could have been anticipated that this would really have increased the odds of a hawkish twist from the BoE. Heading into the Bank of England meeting Sonia futures were pricing in a

July Central Bank Watch 
Been great to be with you all this week as Justin takes some well deserved time away.  I haven’t quite done yet as I wanted to drop in with the latest central bank update. Taking a step back the feel I am getting is that CB’s are thinking about thinking about tightening.

Forex news for New York trade on June 25, 2021:
Markets
– S&P 500 up 14 points to 4280
– US 10-year yields up 3 bps to 1.52%
– WTI crude up 69-cents to $73.99
The PCE report was the focus of the session and inflation fears were running high. The headline was in-line with estimates but the market was