The single currency managed to achieve the positive outlook that we expected in the previous analysis, by touching the first target 1.1770s, to hit the highest level at 1.1797. Technically speaking, with the pair being able to build on the previously broken resistance level that turned into support of 1.1720, …
Read More »Euro Struggling and Hovering Around Support
The Euro started its first weekly trading attempting to rise, making use of intraday trading above 1.1720 after finding strong support around 1.1620. On the Technical side and by looking at the intervals, we see that the 50-day moving average meets around 1.1690/1.1700 giving some momentum, in conjunction with the …
Read More »ECB: Europe Must Prepare to Launch a Digital Euro ‘if and when’ Necessary
ECB council member Fabio Panetta said the bank should prepare for a digital euro issue that complements securities “if and when” necessary. Major central banks around the world are studying digital versions of their currencies in response to demand for electronic payments and to counter competition from private currencies such …
Read More »Eurozone Inflation is Negative Again at its Lowest Level in 4 Years
Inflation in the Eurozone fell to its lowest level in more than four years, falling further in the negative zone than expected in September and raising fears of a price deflation spiral due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The European statistics office Eurostat said in preliminary estimates that consumer prices in …
Read More »European Industrial PPI Rises in August
The industrial producer price index (PPI) increased in August by 0.1% in the Eurozone, and by 0.2% in the European Union (EU), according to estimates by Eurostat. Last month saw some easing of preventive measures against the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe. On an annual basis, industrial producer prices decreased by …
Read More »ECB’s Lagarde: ECB Continues to Stand Ready to Adjust All of Its Instruments
The economic recovery in the euro area remains incomplete, uncertain and uneven, Christine Lagarde, President of the European Central Bank (ECB), reiterated while delivering her prepared remarks at the EU Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs. “In the current environment of elevated uncertainty, the Governing Council will carefully assess all …
Read More »Does the ECB Have Too Much Impact on the Euro?
Recent remarks by the President of the European Central Bank (ECB), Christine Lagarde, suggested that the appreciation of the Euro (EUR) is putting downward pressure on prices, or in other words not helping achieving the central bank’s inflation targets. Speaking to the Franco-German Parliamentary Assembly on Monday, Lagarde said that …
Read More »ECB: Eurozone Companies Continue to Gain Credit as the Economy Reopens
European Central Bank data showed that Eurozone companies continued to obtain bank credit in August, two months after most economies eased restrictions on economic activities aimed at controlling the Coronavirus pandemic. Corporate bank loans rose 7.1% year-on-year, extending a borrowing boom that began in March when large parts of the …
Read More »ECB: Unemployment Rate in Will Continue to Rise
The European Central Bank said in a publication on Thursday that the unemployment rate will continue to rise in the Eurozone and that there is a limited increase in consumer demand even as the economy recovers from an unprecedented recession. In the bulletin, which largely reflects the economic expectations and …
Read More »Euro Falls to Its Lowest Level in Two Months
The euro fell to its lowest level in two months, Wednesday, September 23, after positive economic data from the United States and concerns about the second wave of Coronavirus infections combined with weak European indicators to support the rise of the dollar. The US currency rose to $ 1.1671 against …
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