{"id":170387,"date":"2020-05-12T07:45:17","date_gmt":"2020-05-12T11:45:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/?p=170387"},"modified":"2020-05-12T07:30:46","modified_gmt":"2020-05-12T11:30:46","slug":"will-the-clock-unveil-more-new-virus-cases-as-restrictions-ease","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/2020\/05\/will-the-clock-unveil-more-new-virus-cases-as-restrictions-ease\/","title":{"rendered":"Will the clock unveil more new virus cases as restrictions ease?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"inves-4153495752\" class=\"inves-below-title-posts inves-entity-placement\"><div id =\"posts_date_custom\"><div align=\"left\">May 12, 2020<\/div><hr style=\"border: none; border-bottom: 3px solid black;\">\r\n<\/div><\/div><p><strong>By Jameel Ahmad, Global Head of Currency Strategy and Market Research at FXTM<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-body\">\n<div class=\"field-body\">\n<div class=\"field-items\">\n<div class=\"field-item even\">\n<p>Market volatility remains muted, however the crossroads appear\u00a0to be getting closer where questions will be asked if eased restrictions are contributing to new outbreaks of disease infections.<\/p>\n<p>Both Germany and South Korea have each\u00a0noted new infections of the coronavirus after lockdown restrictions were eased recently. A day or two of spikes higher in new cases will likely not set investor alarms buzzing\u00a0right away, however it is a concerning\u00a0signal and puts once again into question\u00a0that some officials\u00a0are arguably moving too fast to reopen\u00a0based on what damage the fight against the coronavirus is\u00a0doing\u00a0to the world economy.<\/p>\n<p>Should these concerns accelerate and more infections get announced from nations that have eased restrictions in recent weeks, the trends noted <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forextime.com\/uk\/market-analysis\/yen-flattened-eased-lockdown-restrictions\">here<\/a> regarding the Yen risk a short expiry date.<\/p>\n<p>It is possible that another wave of potential risk aversion leads to weakness in stock markets, and could put on the table\u00a0increases in USD, JPY and Gold as a result of improved safe haven demand.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><em><strong>Disclaimer: <\/strong>The content in this article comprises personal opinions and should not be construed as containing personal and\/or other investment advice and\/or an offer of and\/or solicitation for any transactions in financial instruments and\/or a guarantee and\/or prediction of future performance. ForexTime (FXTM), its affiliates, agents, directors, officers or employees do not guarantee the accuracy, validity, timeliness or completeness, of any information or data made available and assume no liability as to any loss arising from any investment based on the same.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-54242 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/articles-analysis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Forex-Time-Logo.png\" alt=\"Forex-Time-Logo\" width=\"262\" height=\"90\" \/><strong>Article by <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/contributors\/contributor-profile-forextime\/\">ForexTime<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>ForexTime Ltd (FXTM)<\/strong> is an award winning international online forex broker regulated by CySEC 185\/12 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.forextime.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.forextime.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Jameel Ahmad, Global Head of Currency Strategy and Market Research at FXTM Market volatility remains muted, however the crossroads appear\u00a0to be getting closer where questions will be asked if eased restrictions are contributing to new outbreaks of disease infections. Both Germany and South Korea have each\u00a0noted new infections of the coronavirus after lockdown restrictions [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-170387","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","no-post-thumbnail"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170387","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=170387"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170387\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":170394,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170387\/revisions\/170394"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=170387"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=170387"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=170387"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}