- China announces sanctions on four US government officials
- Singapore to stop ticket sales for its vaccinated travel lane December 23 to January 20
- Barclays have not revised their US GDP forecasts lower after the Build Back Better failure
- Morgan Stanley cuts its US GDP forecast for 2022 to 4.6% (from 4.9%)
- More on Japan planning to hike its 2022 GDP forecast
- China state planner outlines 10 (yes, ten) measures the country will take to support its economy
- What's been 'propping up' the Chinese yuan and why the trend will soon reverse
- PBOC sets USD/ CNY mid-point today at 6.3703 (vs. estimate at 6.3690)
- FX option expiries for Wednesday 22 December 2021 at the 10am New York cut
- US Army expects to announce a vaccine that protects people from COVID-19 and all variants
- RBA next meet on 1 February 2022 - will they taper or stop QE bond buying?
- UK government to reduce COVID-19 self-isolation period in England
- Bank of Japan Minutes of the Monetary Policy Meeting on October 27 and 28, 2021
- Australia – Westpac leading indicator for November +0.1% m/m
- Oxford / AstraZeneca to produce an updated vaccine to target Omicron
- Reuters reports on study finding Omicron infections appear no less severe than Delta
- US earthquake magnitude 6.3
- Hockey news - NHL will withdraw from the Winter Olympics
- Economic research consultancy says there is good news from France on Omicron
- Trade ideas thread - Wednesday 22 December 2021
- Private oil survey data shows larger than expected draw in headline crude oil inventory
- New Zealand data -December consumer confidence 98.3 (from November's 96.6)
Scanning those headline points you’ll see some items of significance. The US military is confident it has developed a COVID-19 vaccine that’ll be efficacious against all variants. Shorter-term though Singapore has tightened its border somewhat in the face of rising cases.
Across major FX pairs we’ve had minor movement only, characterised by net USD strength in small ranges.
Regional equities caught a tailwind from the bounce on Wall Street Tuesday.
AUD a little lower - check the scale, its a small move only:
