Central Bank Latest
Brexit, Covid-19, and a slowing economy all continuing to weigh on the GBP. The BoE kept interest rates unchanged at0.10%. The November meeting took place amid the US election drama so it was easy to overlook. The meeting took account all of the recent lockdown restrictions announced by the UK Gov’t top to

Central Bank Latest  
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. This is Part 1. Part 2 will follow immediately after. 

The highlighted events and economic releases for next week’s trading:
The RBA rate decision, Fed’s Powell testimony and the US employment report highlight the events and economic releases in the new trading week. 

EU Barnier back from Covid
EU Barnier is on the wires saying he is very happy to be back in London to continue the work toward a Brexit deal. He addss:

Forex news for North American trading on October 27, 2020
The dollar slumped marginally in post-Turkey day hangover trading.   There was no economic data, but stocks did rise with both the S&P and Nasdaq index closing higher and a record levels (flow out of the safety of the greenback?).  Hopes for Covid vaccines may also help

Gold consolidates after the drop earlier this week just above $1,800
The recent doses of vaccine optimism has tempered with the mood in gold and eventually that led to a break below key support around $1,850 at the start of the week.

The pound loses some ground as the Brexit narrative continues to hint that both sides are still nowhere close to a deal
Pound buyers are running into some headwinds ahead of the weekend, with Brexit talks still seemingly leading nowhere despite the fact that Michel Barnier will be headed to London this evening to continue negotiations.

Latest data released by Eurostat – 27 November 2020
As the restrictions look set to continue until the closing stages of the year, it makes for a very uncertain outlook going into Q1 2021 if the virus situation isn’t contained.

Daily Express Brussels correspondent, Joe Barnes, tweets
EU diplomat says: ‚The gaps on level playing field, governance and fisheries remain large. Michel Barnier wasn’t able to to say at this stage whether a deal would be possible. Without London taking the necessary decisions quickly, reaching a deal will be all but impossible.‘
This reads more like finger-pointing,

Jiji Press reports on the matter