When the coronavirus pandemic hit, remote work made for an even better working arrangement. Given the nature of the virus, companies just cannot risk employees’ health. Thus, remote work became the ‘new normal’

The number of unemployed people aged over 50 in the UK has increased by a third in the past year, according to analysis of official figures.

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The cryptocurrency market continues to have an exciting week, with Bitcoin closing in on $17,000. According to CoinMarketCap, most of the cryptocurrencies have made a positive gain aggregate over the last seven days. Bitcoin is likely to rally a bit more, carrying the entire market upwards before a considerable correction comes into the picture.

AUD/USD has been on the back foot in recent trade, most recently dropping below the 0.7300 level to set fresh lows of the day around 0.7290s. The pair now trades with losses on the day of around 30 pips or 0.4%.

The U.S. set another daily record for coronavirus cases and the world surpassed 50 million total cases Sunday as President-elect Joe Biden promised to do what President Donald Trump could not: "Get this virus under control."

The United States surpassed 10 million coronavirus cases Monday as hope spread around a potential vaccine when Pfizer announced that early data shows its vaccine candidate is more than 90% effective at preventing infections.

WASHINGTON: Every candidate in the heat of a US presidential campaign talks up their goals for the first 100 days in office and Joe Biden, the Democrat who challenged President Donald Trump and beat him, has done so for months.

The Pound Sterling to US Dollar (GBP/USD) exchange rate held onto a modest uptrend in spite of a better-than-expected improvement in the US unemployment rate.

US Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden asked the people in the US to choose hope over fear on the election day.

Investor hopes for a decisive early read on the U.S. election were dampened on Tuesday night after initial voting results showed a tight race, with signs some traders were unwinding bets that would benefit from a broad Democratic victory.

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Economic data and Brexit put the Pound in focus, with U.S politics and COVID-19 news updates also of influence on the day.

The U.S. government will greatly simplify the process by which borrowers of a $525-billion-pandemic-relief fund do not have to repay some of the smallest loans, the Department of Treasury said.

Donald Trump returns to the White House, talk on fiscal stimulus progresses, and central bankers line up to promise more. Stocks are drifting lower but oil is well supported ahead of weekly stockpile data. Here's what you need to know in financial markets on Tuesday, October 6th.

Oil prices will stay near current levels this year as rising novel coronavirus cases threaten to slow the pace of demand recovery and counter output curbs by top producers, a Reuters poll showed on Wednesday.

UBS Global Wealth Management said it expects the British pound to weaken to $1.25 and domestic banking stocks to slump 15-20% if the UK fails to strike a trade deal with the European Union.

Most central European currencies will firm over the next 12 months, a Reuters poll showed, buoyed by improved risk sentiment as investors shrug off worries about a rise in coronavirus cases and focus on hopes of economic recovery.

Alaska Republican Senator Lisa Murkowski said she still hasn’t decided how she’ll vote on President Donald Trump’s nomination of Judy Shelton’s to the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, leaving in doubt whether she has enough support to clear the Senate.

Progress toward both a coronavirus vaccine and a fiscal rescue package in Europe put the dollar under pressure and supported commodity currencies and the euro on Tuesday.

The dollar was down on Tuesday morning in Asia, reacting to the U.S. Federal Reserve’s announcement on Monday that it would start purchasing a more diverse range of investment grade U.S. corporate bonds.

The dollar was on the defensive against more growth-sensitive currencies on Thursday, following upbeat U.S. and European economic data but renewed worries about the coronavirus blunted more aggressive risk taking.

The euro held firm on Wednesday, basking in the afterglow of a Franco-German proposal for a common fund that could move Europe closer to fiscal union.

The U.S. dollar surged against most major currencies on Monday amid fears that last year's U.S.-China dispute will be re-ignited, this time over the novel coronavirus.

The dollar was headed for its best week since early April on Friday, as tumbling oil prices weighed on commodity currencies and division over Europe's emergency fund dragged on the euro.

The pound made a strong start to the week against the U.S. dollar on Monday, despite an ongoing drip of dearie data, but some have warned further gains for the currency will be hard to come by due to uncertainty sparked by the Covid-19 pandemic.

Coronavirus news updates and government and central bank action remain the key drivers as the week comes to a close.