You’ll recall last week that clinical trials of the  COVID-19 vaccine candidate from Oxford / AstraZeneca were paused:
News now that AstraZeneca said it received notification from the UK’s Medicines Health Regulatory Authority that it was safe to resume clinical trials. 

Japan’s chief cabinet secretary Suga is the favourite to become the next Prime Minister.
Suga is perceived as a ’steady hand‘ candidate, he’s been chief cabinet secretary all through current PM Abe’s reign. 

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

Closing changes for the main equity markets
European markets:

Forex news for North American trading on September 11, 2020:
Markets:
– S&P 500 up 2 points to 3340
– US 10-yaer yields down 1 bps to 0.67%
– Gold down $4 to $1941
The CPI report was largely driven by a jump in used car prices but the effect on markets was small. Counter-intuitively, Treasury yields declined on the

AUD/JPY didn’t make a significant move and USD/MXN keeps breaking down
It was a whirlwind week but if you take a step back, there were really three themes: Tech stock weakness, a drop in sterling and oil softness.

Forex news from the European trading session – 11 September 2020
Headlines:
Markets:
– AUD and NZD lead, JPY lags on the day
– European equities mixed; E-minis up 0.8%

The EU will wait on the reaction of the UK by the end of the month deadline
This, according to the bloc’s executive saying that:
„We are going to wait for the reaction of the UK by that deadline and we will consider next steps once we have reached that particular bridge. And in the meantime we

Bloomberg reports, citing a statement by the Chinese foreign ministry
here
Yeah, I’m not sure ‚unspecified countermeasures‘ is what is going to be the straw that breaks the camel’s back. Carry on as you will.

Comments by ECB president, Christine Lagarde
here