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2301 GMT UK – GfK Consumer Confidence for March, final – preliminary was -9, prior -7 – There is likely to be further downside ahead for this indicator. During the GFC the Overall Index Score dropped to -39. 0100 GMT Australia – Melbourne Institute monthly CPI inflation for March

Good morning, afternoon or evening to all ForexLive traders and welcome to the start of the new FX week. Expect another huge week.  Not too much change from late Friday levels,  but do check this final note below.

First post of the new FX week is one with a glimmer of light. Still bad new out of Europe but not as bad as it has been. Italy: – reported its lowest daily COVID-19 death toll for more than two weeks on Sunday France:

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The latest UK coronavirus data: The spike in UK fatalities in the past 5 days is a big worry. Neil Ferguson from the Imperial College at London was out today with his latest comments:

Familiar refrain There's some good news and bad news here: ForexLive

The Reserve Bank of New Zealand twitter account linking to Governor Orr's written piece in NZ media over the weekend. ICYMI: Full   article is here ForexLive

Amid reports that the UK Prime Minister (PM) Boris Johnson is admitted to hospital for some coronavirus-linked precautionary tests combined with persi

Reserve Bank of Nw Zealand governor, Adrian Orr, has been quoted by the website StuffNZ and has said the following comments: Adrian Orr's quotes To da

The Johns Hopkins data reports US COVID-19 cases reach 1 In 1,000 infected, and it is expected that this week will b a high death toll, according to U