EU Commission President von der Leyen and UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson have decided to continue talks.

  • Thus the UK Coordination Group will have an exchange of views with EU chief negotiator Barnier at 9.30am Brussels time.

Why am I thinking of this?

EU Commission President von der Leyen and UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson have decided to continue talks.

Cable is posting early gains on the hopium/optimism. Early level here. Its circa 1.3365 as I update now.

Also relevant to GBP is the news coming across media sources that the UK government is planning state-sponsored loans for SMEs, for 2021.