Boris Johnson pulls the plug on any further easing of lockdown measures
– Reopening of leisure facilities will now be postponed for at least two weeks
– Guidance on returning to work remains unchanged
Johnson also confirms that this „truly“ means a return to social distancing though he maintains that children should start going back to school in

Forex news from the European trading session – 31 July 2020
Headlines:
Markets:
– GBP leads, NZD lags on the day
– European equities higher; E-minis up 0.3%

Sanofi, GSK selected for Operation Warp Speed
The US will also have a further option for a supply of additional 500 million doses of the vaccine in the longer-term. GSK adds that if study data are postive, the companies can request US regulatory approval some time in 1H 2021.

The dollar pares earlier losses as currency traders hit the reset button
early stages of European morning trade
All in all, major currencies are now trading little changed overall with only the kiwi seen a little lower but not by a whole lot to be fair. NZD/USD is down 0.3% to 0.6680, but still keeping above its

The Sun reports on the matter
UK prime minister, Boris Johnson, is due to address the public later today and is expected to announce that most of the measures that would be lifted tomorrow would now be „put on ice“, according to The Sun .

The pound is the only currency outperforming the dollar so far today
The pair moved to a low of 1.2945 earlier in the session but held on to near-term support close to 1.2950 before rebounding to its best levels on the day now. Buyers are looking to keep a break above 1.3000 and that will be

Forex news from the European trading session – 30 July 2020
Headlines:
Markets:
– GBP leads, AUD lags on the day
– European equities lower; E-minis down 0.9%

Latest data released by Destatis – 30 July 2020
That said, just take note that from the Saxony report, there was a heavy skew in terms of a drop in food prices that is causing a drag on inflation this month. That may have been a factor but regardless, the trend in general will keep ECB

Kyodo News with the headline
This is pretty much expected after the record daily rise seen in Tokyo earlier . That should bring the total active cases across the country to nearly 10,000 at the end of the day. For some context, Japan had „only“ ~1,000 active cases as of 30 June.

China’s Politburo comments after a work meeting to discuss its economic goals and plans for the second half of the year
The work meeting earlier was chaired by China president Xi Jinping and it looks like they will continue to keep their current policies into 2H 2020 at least, to try and bolster the economy and