Comments by Italian prime minister Giuseppe Conte

  • Any other opinion expressed on the euro has nothing to do with government policies
  • Italy's government respects EU institutions
  • Confident that we can show the validity of our plans

There's not been much of a pullback in the euro or Italian bonds despite some comments by Borghi and now Conte to soothe markets in the past few hours. 10-year bond yields in Italy continues to trade near 4-year highs:

Meanwhile, EUR/USD trades near the lows still at 1.1516 with EUR/JPY improving a little bit to trade at 131.00 currently.