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The Euro was seen trading higher mid-week with analysts saying at least some of the gains can be attributed to a member of the European Central Bank saying emergency measures introduced to deal with the pandemic could be fazed out as soon as September.

The European Central Bank (ECB) is increasingly likely cut interest rates in the near future says a major European lender and investment bank, a move that would only widen the gulf on interest rate policy with the Federal Reserve and pressuring the Euro lower against the Dollar in the process.

The Euro-to-Dollar exchange rate remained above the 1.19 handle and in the black for the session on Thursday after being neither shaken nor stirred by a European Central Bank (ECB) commitment to be more flexible in its government bond purchases so as to limit the economic impact of upward pressure on yields. 

The European Central Bank faces a reckoning with bond markets say analysts at French investment bank Natixis who argue in a new client briefing that it will have to send a strong message to markets next week.

The Euro-Dollar rate rose handsomely, leading Europe's unified unit to top the board among major currencies on Thursday for the first time in more than a month, though thanks to a steamrolling rally by Pound Sterling, EUR/USD may now have sustainable upside ahead of it. 

The Euro-Dollar rate has been range-trading since January's near-unravelling below the landmark 1.20 level but could break in either direction over the coming months, according to BofA Global Research and ING, whose forecasts tell a story of competing scenarios for 2021 outcomes from here. 

The Euro-to-Dollar rate was on course for a hat-trick of declines Wednesday as European denominations lagged other risk currencies as well as a resurgent Dollar, and even after January's blowout inflation reading, although the nearby 1.20 level offers formidable support to Europe's single currency.  

The Euro-to-Dollar exchange rate (EUR/USD) could be on a course that takes it to below 1.20 on a sustained basis, if the European Central Bank's penchant for creating fresh money is anything to go by.

German inflation for January rose 1.0% on a year-on-year comparison, a sizeable rise from the -0.3% reported in December and well ahead of the 0.7% rise markets had been expecting.

The Euro-to-Dollar exchange rate remained on the defensive early on Thursday following the latest indication that European Central Bank (ECB) concerns about recent increases in European exchange rates are escalating, which could act as a headwind to further gains by the single currency in the short-term.

The Euro-Dollar rate could be on the cusp of becoming a more prominent consideration in European Central Bank (ECB) policymaking, a development that could see the Euro outlook more closely tied to that of Pound Sterling.

The Euro-Dollar rate swung into the black for the week on Thursday after the European Central Bank (ECB) stayed its policy course while offering a curious potential sop to the hawkish members of its Governing Council, which could risk inciting unhelpful exchange rate pressures if taken further.

The Euro-to-Dollar exchange rate beat a hasty retreat from earlier highs on Wednesday, leading a rout in Eurozone exchange rates that made Europe's unified unit the worst performing major currency for the session ahead of Thursday's policy decision from the European Central Bank (ECB). 

The Euro was carrying its largest weekly loss for nearly three months on Friday after capitulating previously at what were new multi-year highs for the trade-weighted single currency, only now the Euro-to-Dollar rate may need to see a rally by either the Pound or Chinese Yuan if it is to sustain a meaningful recovery. 

The Euro is on course to end the year strengthened by a near-double-digit gain over a depreciated Dollar but will face a cocktail of risks in 2021 and beyond, including a coronavirus that increasingly threatens to foster an already-present euroscepticism at the very heart of the common currency bloc. 

The Euro-Dollar exchange rate cheered on Thursday after the European Central Bank (ECB) carried out a widely anticipated recalibration of its monetary policy settings while saying little about recent gains made by the Euro, indicating that currency strength may no long be such a strongly felt concern at the bank.

The European Central Bank (ECB) will today make decisions on Eurozone interest rates and quantitative easing settings, but they will almost certainly be asked questions about the strengthening Euro.

The Euro exchange rate will be a source of focus for the European Central Bank in its December policy meeting on Thursday, but analysts are saying there is very little Luxembourg can do to combat the single currency's rise.

Euro exchange rates came under pressure after the European Central Bank communicated on Thursday that it was in the process of preparing additional stimulus to aid the Eurozone economy which was said to be facing renewed and significant challenges going into year-end.

Will the European Central Bank's Christine Lagarde "rip up the script today" and deliver the kind of surprise that has the potential to shake Euro exchange rates?