April ECB meeting preview: On course for a June cut
Market participants do not expect the ECB to lower key interest rates on Thursday. Since last month’s meeting, the Eurozone economy has gained some momentum but remains close to recession and inflation has fallen further. However, before delivering any full-blown ease the central bank will want to see June’s updated economic forecasts for confirmation that the March projections, which showed headline inflation below 2 percent and the core rate on target in 2026, are still valid. Consequently, for now, the deposit rate should be held at 4.0 percent, the refi rate at 4.5 percent and the rate on the marginal lending facility at 4.75 percent….truncated
10-YR 4.362%
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In my dark triad of psychology , I am scratching my noggin about why the machiavellian brothers and sisters at the FED keep hanging out the “rate cut” shingle for peasants as the possibility that their estimates of the US’s neutral rate may need to rise further
GBPUSD has been a modest outperformer, supported by some of its crosses (GBPUSD, EURGBP)
The closest key resistance is at 1.2709 (void above it until 1.2803) and maintains a bid as long as it trades above 1.2648-63.
With that said, it will be a new ball game after the US CPI but after last Friday’s aborted reaction to the strong US jobs report, it is hard to have confidence in the first knee-jerk reaction and may pay to let the dust settle unless there is a big surprise on the data.
A look at the day ahead in U.S. and global markets from Mike Dolan
Wall St stocks have held up remarkably well in the face of the renewed interest rate angst of the past week but Wednesday’s March inflation readout may now be make or break from here.
Twiddling thumbs.
Food for thought for young, retail investors By Quentin Fottrell:
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