European Central Bank - Results from #100

08 April 2022 Euro Supported by 'Hawkish' ECB Minutes

The ECB is becoming increasingly restive on its monetary policy stance and looks keen to 'normalise' interest rates in the face of surging Eurozone inflation, which could offer the Euro support ove…

07 April 2022 Swiss Franc at Risk from U.S., EU Bond Yields as ECB and Fed Policies Shift

Switzerland’s Franc has risen against the Euro and many other European counterparts thus far in 2022 but with the tectonic plates of the global interest rate landscape shifting steadily, it may fin…

10 March 2022 Euro / Dollar Backstopped by ECB’s “Conditional” Steps Forward

EUR/USD underpinned by ECB’s policy stance that sees it take “conditional” step toward normalisation.

10 March 2022 Euro Pumped & Dumped as Ukraine War Forces a More 'Hawkish' ECB

The Euro to Pound Sterling exchange rate rose a third of a percent to 0.8423 in the wake of the decision, putting the Pound to Euro rate at 1.1872.

10 February 2022 ECB 'Dove' Lane Pushes Back on Eager Rate Hike Expectations

ECB Chief Economist Philip Lane has pushed back against market expectations for a number of interest rate rises in 2022, saying the ECB could accommodate a temporary rise in inflation.

09 February 2022 Beware the ECB's "False Start" on Interest Rate Normalisation: ABN AMRO

Euro bulls have misread the European Central Bank's intentions on policy normalisation warns a major European bank which sees the Deposit Rate remaining below 0% even once hikes have been delivered…

08 February 2022 "The ECB Needs to Act" say Economists, but Debate on Timing Rages

Nordea sees 25bp hike due in December, Berenberg says March lift-off as more likely.  Timing matters greatly for EUR exchange rates.

08 February 2022 Pound / Euro: There's Already a Lot of ECB in the Price

The Euro has stabilised after European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde attempted to cool building market expectations for higher Eurozone interest rates in an appearance before EU lawmaker…

03 February 2022 ECB Triggers Euro Surge against Pound and Dollar

EUR/USD eyes 1.14 on ECB inflation warning, drives rally in EUR/GBP & squashes GBP/EUR.

26 January 2022 Stay Bearish Euro (Until EZ Wages Hit 3%) says Credit Suisse

"The main risk to our ongoing EUR bearishness has to be the possibility that the ECB changes tack in a hawkish direction" - Credit Suisse.

25 January 2022 Euro Forecasts Upgraded at Deutsche Bank, says ECB to Hike Rates in December

"Our strategists would expect EUR/USD to rise materially above 1.20 by next year" - Deutsche Bank.

21 January 2022 Euro / Dollar Rate's ECB Handicap Could Grow Heavier

EUR/USD steadies after retreat back below 1.14, but ECB-Fed divergence set to grow heavier still.

07 January 2022 Credit Suisse Lifts Pound / Euro Forecast Following Run of Strength

Pound Sterling has already breached Credit Suisse's forecast target against the Euro, leading the Swiss bank to raise a new target and affirm their bullish stance on the UK currency against its con…

16 December 2021 Euro / Dollar Cheers ECB’s Step-by-Step to Phase Out PEPP

EUR/USD through 1.13 after ECB saysPEPP to end in March.

23 November 2021 Euro Rescued by ECB's Schnabel & Knott, Rebounds against the Pound & Dollar

The single currency has rallied against the Pound and Dollar, helped by supportive comments from council members of the European Central Bank.

03 November 2021 Euro Outlook: Lagarde Rejects 2022 Rate Hike

Euro exchange rates were softer in midweek trade and faced a challenging outlook after the ECB's Lagarde sent markets a clear message that they were wrong to expect interest rate rises as soon as 2…

28 October 2021 Euro / Dollar Outlook Still Challenged after ECB Policy Stance Offers Little Help

The Euro rate got little help from October’s ECB monetary policy decisions and struggled to compete with a Dollar that has benefited from the prospect of a further shift in stance at an almost-hawk…

17 September 2021 Euro-Dollar Rate Heavy Despite Leaked ECB Inflation Forecasts

"The move smacks of some of the ECB hawks trying to open up the debate on monetary normalisation"

09 September 2021 Euro-Dollar Struggles for Momentum as ECB Eyes Second QE Adjustment in December

EUR/USD attempted to draw a line under a hat-trick of losses but was struggling for momentum on Thursday after the ECB reduced slightly the pace of bond purchases under one of its quantitative easi…

09 September 2021 ECB Tapers QE: Euro Falls against Pound Sterling

Those betting on a stronger Euro against the Pound were left disappointed after the European Central Bank (ECB) met expectations and said it would lower the pace of its pandemic era quantitative ea…