Central bank overview 
. The November meeting saw GBP buying on a luke warm sentence on negative rates. The Bank of England said that ‚participants attach some weight to the possibility of a negative bank rate‘. Investors had been hoping for a more enthusiastic move towards negative rates. The last Bank of England rate meeting was

The news wire Bloomberg says Morgan Stanley’s Counterpoint Global investment unit is in the early stages of making a decision.
Added for clarity, 150bn is the size of the fund (at present), not the amount of BTCs they’ll be buying! 

Central bank rundown 
The central banks are listed below with their current state of play. The link for each central bank is included in the title of the bank and the next scheduled meeting is in the title too.

Forex news for North American trading on February 12, 2021
The US 30 year bond is closing the day – and week  – above 2% for the first time in a year (since February 20, 2020).  The yield is up on fears about potentially future inflation from higher growth.  The Fed members  – including Fed Chair Powell – continue

Russell 2000 index closes with the largest gain this week
The final numbers are showing:
For the week:

Weekly forex futures positioning data from the CFTC for the week ending Tuesday, February 9, 2020
– EUR long 140K vs 137K long last week. Longs increased by 3K

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NHK reports on the matter
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It only took them about a year since the pandemic to get this settled
The €672.5 billion recovery fund got the go-ahead from parliament yesterday and has been signed today. As much as von der Leyen that they are going to move „swiftly“ with this, waiting another few months before the initial funds are disbursed is

FTSE 250 
There are a number of reasons that the FTSE 250 may outperform the FTSE 100. They include the following reasons:
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So, this means the FTSE 250 could be a decent buy between now and the start of June. An ETF could be a good way to expose yourself to this trade.