UK Brexit minister repeating himself. Again. 26 Jan

  • transition to provide time to build infrastructure
  • immediate goal is reaching agreement on implementation period
  • confident can reach political agreement at March EU meeting
  • in no one's interest to see business delay investment, rush through contingency plans
  • Article 50 extension wouldn't solve legal problems of ratifying withdrawal
  • EU and UK need to have strict time limit for implementation period
  • need to agree on need for continued access to each others markets on current terms
  • must discuss how EU regulators can provide clarity during transition period

Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

GBPUSD a tad higher at 1.4224 on general USD supply again. EURGBP 0.8748 tightly bound still.

Once again time for two pics I think.