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European Central Bank Interest Rates The European Central Bank also joined the global rate hike on yesterdays announcement, announcing a larger then expected 50 bps deposit rate increase, to 0.00%. The ECB said a further normalization of interest rates could be expected at upcoming meetings. ECB also approved the Transmission Protection Instrument, a tool aimed

Signs of Disinflation Continue There are some promising signs on the inflation data which is released today for UK and Canada. UK producers lower the prices to 1.8%, which is the disinflation in the third consecutive month. Core CPI also showed to 0.4$ m/m which is also its third straight month on disinflation. Canada’s producer

What is expected in BOJ meeting Bank Of Japan next meeting on Thursday on interest rate decision. Many countries are aggressively increasing the rates to put brakes on inflation. The BOJ is unlikely to do anything, as inflation rate sits at 2.5%. EUR/JPY had been moving higher since 7th of March 2022. The pair began

What we can expect from European Central Bank Meeting Scarring affects from a pandemic, energy crisis, Italian politics, and unprecedented inflationary pressures, ECB has a very difficult job. We are definitely expecting a rate hike on Thursday, which will be the first since 2011. What will be the size of that hike, no one knows.

All eyes on Europe – Huge volatility expected in EU equities The platform is set to start the new week on a positive footing after the solid retail sales last Friday. The index of US500 closed retail at absolute highs after the Friday gain of 1.9% which brought the loss on the week to 1%-