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ECB president Christine Lagarde begins her Q&A session See here for global coronavirus case data For some context, in which she is referring too. She is sort of "dumbing down" her explanation of policy measures and what not in her other remarks at the moment. I'll update separately if we do hear of anything else [&hel

The session is scheduled to begin at the bottom of the hour See here for global coronavirus case data

Isabel Schnabel is a German economist on the ECB board Speaking with the Financial Times in an interview: –  "We are not adjusting our monetary policy in any way in response to this ruling." She added that the court ruling "does not directly affect us" and instead was likely to be dealt with by the

Onshore yuan central rate setting from the People's Bank of China  PBOC inject 120bn yuan through 7-day reverse repos in open market operations (OMOs) today

Reserve Bank of New Zealand Governor Orr news conference following the release of the Bank's FSR  – Sees more room for banks to increase lending – expect credit demand will rise more to come  

Bank of Canada Governor Poloz says negative rates are needed only in extreme conditions – extreme conditions may happen if fiscal policy is not used Bank of Canada Governor Poloz & senior deputy Wilkins are speaking with the Standing Senate Committee on National Finance).

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China is planning to have its own sovereign digital currency ready in time for the 2022 Winter Olympics – People's Bank of China Gov. Yi Gang released a statement on the digital currency, but did not specify a firm timetable for the release.  Via Nikkei, for more (may be gated)

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