Latest data released by NFIB – 11 August 2020
The details highlight five of the ten sub-indexes in the survey fell, with the uncertainty index rising from 81 in June to 88 in July. Sales expectations over the next three months also fell by 8 points to a net 5% last month.

EUR/USD climbs back towards the 1.1800 level
There’s not much reprieve for the dollar in European morning trade today as the risk rally is pinning the greenback lower currently. European indices are pushing gains of over 2% while US futures are also higher by ~0.7% and that is keeping risk sentiment buoyed.

Forex news from the European trading session – 11 August 2020
Headlines:
Markets:
– CAD leads, JPY lags on the day
– European equities higher; E-minis up 0.6%

New Zealand reports four confirmed cases in one family, with the source of the infection in said cases unknown
If anything else, this will just mean that NZ will surely keep international borders closed for longer. And that will limit the economic recovery in general considering how heavily the country relies on its tourism sector to

One connection to get straight – 
Falling real yields lead to higher gold prices – 
So, the recent fall in gold prices have been led by, yes you guessed it – rising yields. Check out the real yields for timing this gold bull market: 

Hungry for gold news?  
 
Last week I made one comment that submitted to one media outlet on gold prices. The take up was telling.
The below was the amount of publications it occurred in and the approximate circulation. 

Large option at 1.1800 lets EURUSD slide
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Other markets 
A session for the USD and not much else

Via Ransquawk

Via Reuters
One for the fact box. 
Gold etf’s so popular they now surpass Germany’s official reserve levels. 
All together now, on behalf of Germany, 

Forex news for North American trading on August 7, 2020:
Markets:
– Gold down $32 to $2031
– WTI crude down 43-cents to $42.52
– US 10-year yields up 2.8 bps to 0.564%
The July non-farm  payrolls report was better than expected, even with you adjusted for some  seasonal quirks. The data led to a round of US dollar gains