Coming up today: 0800 GMT / 0400 US Eastern time: ECB Governing Council member Peter Kazimir speaks at the National Bank of Slovakia’s quarterly press conference on the economic outlook for Slovakia 0945 GMT / 0545 US Eastern time: Participation by ECB board member Philip Lane in policy panel at 2023 ECB Conference on Monetary
© Reuters. In a significant move towards digitization, the European Central Bank (ECB) under the leadership of Christine Lagarde has proposed a legal structure for the introduction of a Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) across the 20 member states of the Eurozone. The ECB aims to roll out the digital euro by 2027, as reported
Share: EUR/USD fails to attract any follow-through buying and oscillates in a range on Friday. Bets that any further ECB rate hikes may be off the table act as a headwind for the Euro. The prospects for further policy tightening by the Fed underpins the USD and cap gains. Traders now look to
Share: EUR/GBP corrects significantly to near 0.8630 ahead of the German HICP data for September. Germany’s annual HICP inflation is seen softening despite rising energy prices. The UK economy is facing the headwinds of a stubborn inflation outlook and economic woes. The EUR/GBP pair drops vertically to near 0.8630 in the European session.
Share: While speaking before the European Parliament’s Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs on Monday, European Central Bank (ECB) President Christine Lagarde said that a recession was not a part of the baseline scenario. Lagarde added that the ECB was not talking about rate cuts and noted that the European labor market was finally
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Share: EUR/USD is approaching 1.06. Economists at Commerzbank analyze the pair’s outlook. Interest rate cuts could become concretely apparent in the US In the medium term, we expect the Fed to lower its key rate again next year as the US economy cools. At the same time, the ECB is likely to keep
Share: 41 of 70 economists polled by Reuters said that they expect the European Central Bank (ECB) to wait until at least the third quarter of 2024 before lowering rates. All 70 economists said they expect the ECB’s key deposit facility rate to remain unchanged at 4% through to year-end. Market reaction The
Share: The EUR/USD couldn’t extend recovery motivation after getting knocked back by Lagarde. Friday rebound facing downside pressure as US Dollar maintains strength. Next week sees market movers on the cards with EU inflation figures, FOMC. The EUR/USD is set to close out Friday’s trading on the back foot, testing the week’s lows
© Reuters. The U.S. dollar retained its gains against peers on Friday, following strong U.S. economic data and a rate hike by the European Central Bank (ECB). The currency’s strengthening came in response to higher-than-expected U.S. retail sales and an ECB decision that prompted a drop in European yields. U.S. retail sales for August were
