Market AnalysisECB's Rehn: We are aconfident inflation will stabilise at the target as predictedadminFffFF0or31rJanuary 22, 2025 by adminFffFF0or31rJanuary 22, 202501 Monetary policy will stop being restrictive in the near future Again, all of the commentary today has been to sell the story of rate cuts...
Market AnalysisECB's Nagel says confident inflation will return to 2% target by mid-yearadminFffFF0or31rJanuary 22, 2025 by adminFffFF0or31rJanuary 22, 202503 I am confident inflation will return to 2% target by middle of the year Mainly because wage momentum is normalising Also because economic developments in...
Market AnalysisECB's Escriva: a 25 bps cut next week is a likely scenarioadminFffFF0or31rJanuary 22, 2025 by adminFffFF0or31rJanuary 22, 202503 A 25 bps cut next week is a likely scenario. ECB needs to wait for hard data to confirm forecasts. Incoming information points towards converging...
Market AnalysisECB's Lagarde: We're not overly concerned about export of inflation to EuropeadminFffFF0or31rJanuary 22, 2025 by adminFffFF0or31rJanuary 22, 202502 We’re confident inflation will be at target over the course of 2025 We’ll see if the early stages of this year will deliver a reduction...
Market AnalysisECB's Lagarde: No US tariff is what I expectedadminFffFF0or31rJanuary 22, 2025 by adminFffFF0or31rJanuary 22, 202503 That’s the smart approach It doesn’t mean to say it won’t happen but will be more selective Not surprised by Trump’s tariff threats Europe must...
Market AnalysisECB's Knot sees little obstacle to another rate cut next weekadminFffFF0or31rJanuary 22, 2025 by adminFffFF0or31rJanuary 22, 202504 Data is encouraging, confirms that we’ll return to target Hopes to see recovery in economy, then we’ll take it from there There is new downside...
Market AnalysisECB's Stournaras says rates should be close to 2% by end of the yearadminFffFF0or31rJanuary 22, 2025 by adminFffFF0or31rJanuary 22, 202504 He had previously say that the ECB should continue with “a series of rate cuts” last week. So, the remark above is consistent with that....
Market AnalysisECB's Villeroy: We are not on a pre-set course on ratesadminFffFF0or31rJanuary 21, 2025 by adminFffFF0or31rJanuary 21, 202504 There is a plausible consensus that we will act at each meeting Among major central banks, ECB has the simplest course Our view on inflation...
Market AnalysisECB's Holzmann: A rate cut is not a foregone conclusion for me at alladminFffFF0or31rJanuary 20, 2025 by adminFffFF0or31rJanuary 20, 202502 Latest data shows inflation well above 2% in December That will likely also be the case for January ECB risks hurting its credibility if it...
Market AnalysisECB's Nagel calls for a more cautious approach to rate cutsadminFffFF0or31rJanuary 17, 2025 by adminFffFF0or31rJanuary 17, 202507 There remains a high level of uncertainty on the inflation outlook We should not rush into anything on the path to monetary policy normalisation No...