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Upbeat comments from chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier supported the pound yesterday, as did a report from Bloomberg suggesting that talks between the EU and UK will resume in the coming days.

Our payments spotlight series turns to Portugal. The Portuguese economy has seen many challenges since the 1999 Euro launch and is now facing the impact of a possible 2nd spike of Covid-19 cases. Our payments specialist, John Moran, takes us through the journey and what lessons from the past might now be worth heeding.

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The dollar bounced back last week as markets grew increasingly confident of a Democrat clean sweep at next month's US presidential election.

The US dollar has outperformed so far this week, as investors flock to the safe-havens amid a tightening in virus restrictions across the European continent.

November’s US Presidential Election is expected to be the major event risk in the currency markets between now and the end of the year.

Risk assets rallied and the dollar sold-off last week on renewed hopes for a large fiscal stimulus package in the US. Attention this week will be firmly on the latest US election polls and the ongoing Brexit negotiations.

The US dollar was set for another week of losses this morning as Democrat Joe Biden extended his lead in the latest election polls. Meanwhile, the euro and sterling both rallied, despite rising COVID-19 cases in Europe.

This week has been a particularly volatile one in the FX market, with risk appetite dragged in both directions by contrasting headlines surrounding the possibility of more US fiscal stimulus.

The US dollar bounced back against its peers on Tuesday after President Trump's fiscal stimulus announcement caused investors to once again favour the safe-haven currencies.