Comments by BOE governor, Andrew Bailey
He sounds a tad more optimistic amid the recent vaccine news, as that may help to steer some of the pressure away from the debate on negative rates for now.

Comments by ECB policymaker, Ignazio Visco
– We are going towards a ’new normal‘ in the global economy
– We should make the most of lessons from the pandemic
In other words, it is going to take years before they even consider removing the easing measures in place – and those to come next month – and that

Bloomberg reports on the matter
The report says that as talks continue in Brussels, officials are planning for the possibility of a breakthrough as soon as Monday, but no precise day has been settled on, citing people familiar with negotiations.

And that is likely to emerge as the key trading theme this week
As we get into the start of trading this week, you can just about use the contrasting narratives that are playing out to describe how the market is behaving.

Bundesbank remarks in its latest monthly report
– But economic hit from virus curbs to be less severe than in Q2
– Stabilising fiscal policy remains important next year
Some token remarks there by the German central bank, as this is very much anticipated as we gauge the Q4 outlook for the euro area economy as a whole

Reuters with more Brexit headlines, citing an EU official on the matter
This just adds to the current rhetoric that time is wasting away as we count down to yet another Brexit „deadline“ at the end of this week, with some rough idea that it is more likely to be some time at the end of

Reuters with the headlines, citing EU diplomatic sources on the matter
– Progress made in drafting legal text of new treaty
– But no mutually acceptable solutions on fisheries, governance, level playing field
The same old, same old as we look forward to another round of talks in Brussels this week. The pound has now slipped to the

RBA governor, Philip Lowe, remarks in the Q&A session after his speech
– The costs still outweigh the benefits of negative rates now
– Negative rates still extraordinarily unlikely
This is a similar kind of rhetoric to his remarks from last week . Nothing has changed yet but as much as it is important to follow what the

The Federal Reserve’s next Federal Open Market Committee meeting is mid-Dec. Standard Chartered analysts say the Fed could ease policy again prior to then.
While there are already some market expectations of a move at the December meeting an earlier move would have an impact from (1) the  ’surprise‘ timing and also by (2) a concerned

Reports cite unnamed ‚people familiar‘.
One of those people says Yellen has withdrawn from an upcoming speaking engagement because she is in contention for the Treas. job.