The focus now shifts to the US jobs report on Friday where markets will be hoping fpor a miss to continue to trends seen this week.
From Newsquawk
US JOBS REPORT (FRI): Analysts expect the pace of monthly payrolls to pick up a touch in May; the consensus expects 180k, according to Bloomberg, vs the prior 175k (vs the three- and six-month average of 242k, 12-month average of 234k)….
ECB statement being taken as slightly more hawkish than dovish but as I said no real surprises…. some are calling it a hawkish cut (contrast to BOC dovish cut yesterday).
GVI forex 10:17 “market infused with interest rate cut excitement across the G7”
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A look at the day ahead in U.S. and global markets from Mike Dolan
Wall Street’s tech-led stock surge to new records has seen $3 trillion AI-champion Nvidia (NVDA.O), opens new tab replace Apple (AAPL.O), opens new tab as the world’s 2nd most valuable company in a market infused with interest rate cut excitement across the G7.
ECB to cut deposit rate to 3.75% from 4.0%
Lagarde likely to stress no room for complacency
Recent data points to stronger growth, inflation
FRANKFURT, June 6 (Reuters) – The European Central Bank is all but certain to cut interest rates from record highs on Thursday and acknowledge it has made progress in its battle against high inflation, while also stressing the fight is not yet over given sticky services prices.
Investors and financial markets will be very surprised – and not at all happy – should Thursday’s ECB announcement not include the first cut in key interest rates since September 2019. With even the more hawkish Governing Council (GC) members having now adopted a notably more dovish line, recent central bank rhetoric has seemingly made a 25 basis point reduction a done-deal. This would lower the key deposit rate from its current record high to 3.75 percent, the refi rate to 4.25 percent and the rate on the marginal lending facility to 4.50 percent.
Assuming that rates are cut, the focus will be on any forward guidance for possible clues about when the next ease might be delivered. Any move on Thursday would necessitate some amendment to the existing language that, in a nutshell, says that current levels are thought to be appropriate for sustainably meeting the inflation target. … truncated