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European Central Bank’s policymaker Francois Villeroy de Galhau said on Wednesday that he estimates the euro area neutral rate at below or close to 2% and added that they could reach it by the end of the year.“Monetary normalization is fully warranted in the euro area, too early to say …

Next Friday, tens of thousands of railroad workers are poised to go on strike, potentially bringing a nearly a third of all US freight to a grinding halt. It would be the first national rail strike in 30 years. As the clock ticks, the threat of the work stoppage is …

The US dollar finished the trading session with mixed performance versus rival currencies. After a seemingly volatile day, the EUR/USD pair is little changed, just below parity after the ECB’s 75 bps rate hike that came in line with expectations.The Canadian dollar surged against the US dollar, with the pair …

The European Central Bank raised key interest rates by 75 basis points on Thursday, in line with market expectations. The statement and Lagarde’s comments suggested more rate hikes ahead. The euro lost ground across the board after the meeting while the dollar rose boosted by Fed’s Powell remarks. Analysts believe …

The Canadian dollar was weakened following Fed Chair Jerome Powell’s speech that indicated Fed’s commitment to fight inflation. The market’s reaction has sent the US dollar higher, while the US 2-year yield, the most sensitive to interest rate increases, climbed.The USD/CAD pair is trimming some of Wednesday’s losses, climbing towards …

The European Central Bank raised interest rates by 75 basis points on Thursday as expected. According to analysts, the ECB is to hike 50bps in October, and 25bps at each of the three meetings from December to March, reaching a terminal of 2.00% at that meeting.Today’s decision suggests that the …

Key takeaways from policy statement “This major step frontloads transition from prevailing highly accommodative level of policy rates towards levels that will ensure timely return of inflation to ECB’s 2% medium-term target.” “Based on current assessment, over next several meetings, ECB expects to raise interest rates further to dampen demand …

The European Central Bank (ECB) announced on Thursday that it raised its key rates by 75 basis points (bps) following the September policy meeting. With this decision, the interest rate on the main refinancing operations and the interest rates on the marginal lending facility and the deposit facility will be …

The US dollar was able to maintain its strong stance throughout the first half of the day, but later, the dollar had to retreat along with the sliding T-yields during the US trading session.Gold fell to touch intraday low of $1,691.32 per troy ounce but managed to recover towards the …

money markets expect the ECB to raise rates by 75 bps – the main lending rate from 0.50% to 1.25% and the deposit rate from 0% to 0.75%. In such a scenario – which is the most likely one – the focus will swiftly shift to the next factors. If …