Christine Lagarde, President of the European Central Bank (ECB), is delivering her remarks on the policy outlook and responding to questions from the press following the Governing Council’s decision to hike key rates by 75 basis points in October. “Supply bottlenecks are easing.”“Depreciation of the euro has added to inflation.”“Price …
Read More »ECB hikes key rates by 75 basis points in October as expected
The European Central Bank (ECB) announced on Thursday that it raised its key rates by 75 basis points (bps) following the October policy meeting as expected. With this decision, the interest rate on the main refinancing operations and the interest rates on the marginal lending facility and the deposit facility …
Read More »Market Drivers – US Session 26/10/2022
The American dollar resumed its journey to the south, falling against its major rivals. The EUR/USD pair reclaimed parity and approaches 1.0100 ahead of preliminary Q3 Gross Domestic Product estimate in the United States, September Durable Goods Orders reading (expected to up by 0.6%) and the European Central Bank monetary …
Read More »ECB Preview: Rate Decision Could Be Euro’s Game Changer
The European Central Bank is going to announce its monetary policy decision on Thursday. Policymakers, led by President Christine Lagarde, are expected to finally abandon their cautious approach to quantitative tightening. Europe’s CPI reading reached record highs, so, the European central bank will have to decide another 75 bps rate …
Read More »Major banks see no obstacles to ECB’s 75 bps hike
The European Central Bank will announce its decision on monetary policy on Thursday, October 27 at 12:15 GMT and as markets get closer to the release time, here are the expectations as forecast by the economists and researchers of 15 major banks.Economists broadly expect the ECB to raise borrowing costs …
Read More »Market Drivers – US Session 26/10/2022
The US dollar gave up during the US session, finishing the day with losses against its major rival currencies. The EUR/USD pair trades near parity early Wednesday and ahead of important monetary policy announcements scheduled for next Thursday.Commodity-linked currencies benefited from higher US equities. AUD/USD flirts with 0.6500 while the …
Read More »Market Drivers – US Session 21/10/2022
Amid hopes that Fed could be less hawkish, as mentioned by Fed officials debating to slow the pace of rate increases following November’s meeting. At the time of writing, WTI is trading at $85.05 per barrel, up by 0.19%. The Euro recovered to the 0.9800 level as Fed officials signaled …
Read More »ECB Expected To Hike Rate By 75 Basis Points Next Week
Next week’s the European Central Bank monetary policy meeting will be a key event that attracts traders’ attention. According to analysts a 75 basis points interest rate hike is highly expected. Analysts also believe that the deposit rate will reach 3% by March 2023. ECB’s Lagarde will have to acknowledge …
Read More »Eurozone final inflation arrives at 1.2% MoM in September
Eurozone’s Inflation surged 9.9% in September, on an annualized basis, according to Eurostat’s final reading of the Eurozone Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices (HICP) report for the month. The reading missed expectations of 10.0% while against the 10.0% previous. Core figures rose by 4.8% YoY, meeting the 4.8% market estimates …
Read More »Markets’ Weekly Recap, October 10-14
US stocks fell on Friday, as rising inflation expectations kept alive fears that the path of aggressive Federal Reserve interest rate hikes could lead to a recession. In the final session of a volatile week, stocks opened higher before changing course after data from the University of Michigan showed consumer …
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