Published by the Reserve Bank of Australia during the week, an interesting read for the weekend:
Huh, I wonder if central banks think they are getting much information that is not available to private-sector analysts out there? Gonna have to say I doubt it. Still, that’s the premise that is examined in the paper. The spoiler

Forex news for North American trading on April 23, 2021
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The USD is ending the day as the weakest of the major currencies. The EUR was the strongest  followed by the AUD.  The green back seemed to have benefitted from rising stocks which pushed funds out of the „relative safety of the USD“ (or that is

Some late day profit-taking takes the S&P index back below the all-time high close
A look at the final numbers shows:

Weekly forex futures positioning data for the CFTC for the week ending April 20, 2021
– EUR long 81K vs 67K long last week. Longs increased by at 14 K
– GBP long 25K vs 26K long last week. Longs decrease by 1K

Remarks by European Commission president, Ursula von der Leyen
The likes of Germany, France, Italy, Spain have only seen roughly 7-8% of their population receiving full vaccinations as of this week, so to target near 60% (which roughly equates to 70% of their respective adult population) by July is still some way to go.

Forex news from the European trading session – 23 April 2021
Headlines:
Markets:
– AUD leads, USD lags on the day
– European equities lower; S&P 500 futures up 0.2%

Remarks by Moderna CEO, Stéphane Bancel

The wild ride continues today
At the lows today, Bitcoin fell by nearly 8% in a drop to $47,465 but has clawed its way back up to just above $50,000 again now and is down a little under 3% on the day.

A tough decision for the upcoming June policy meeting
Despite the policy meeting this week being a calm one, ECB policymakers are said to expect a tough decision in June – also when the next set of economic projections are released – over whether to start easing PEPP purchases, according to Bloomberg sources.

Forex news from the European trading session – 22 April 2021
Headlines:
Markets:
– CHF leads, NZD lags on the day
– European equities higher; S&P 500 futures down 0.1%