UK’s Gove: If AstraZeneca vaccine rollout goes well, we’ll be in a place to lift restrictions quickly 0 (0)

Gove building up further optimism going into the new year
The UK is widely expected to approve the AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccine in the coming days, with the rollout then set to begin in the first week of January. The announcement is expected some time this week, as early as tomorrow so watch out for that.

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Spanish health minister targets end of coronavirus crisis by the summer next year 0 (0)

Spain says around 70% of the population will be immunised by next summer
The Spanish vaccination program began yesterday, with the rollout of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine. Some 4.5 million doses will be delivered to Spain over the next 12 weeks, with the government having then said that they expect 15-20 million people to have been vaccinated

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Brexit: UK, EU press conferences likely expected around 0800 GMT today 0 (0)

The anticipation continues to build
Johnson and von der Leyen are reportedly expected to have one final call at 0700 GMT – most likely to make sure that their messages match up – before we get the official press conference to announce that a trade deal has been struck at around 0800 GMT.

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US MBA mortgage applications w.e. 18 December +0.8% vs +1.1% prior 0 (0)

Latest data from the Mortgage Bankers Association for the week ending 18 December 2020
– +1.1%
Purchases activity were seen cooling off with refinancing being the one bolstering mortgage activity in the past week. The housing market continues to keep in a solid position throughout the virus crisis and is staying that way through to the

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