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• Christine Lagarde, Boris Vujčić: Monetary policy statement

  The ECB Governing Council decided to keep its three key interest rates unchanged. Energy prices kept rising, raising upside risks to inflation and downside risks to growth, and financing conditions have tightened since the last meeting. Inflation rose to 3.8% in September from 3.2% in August, with energy inflation at 18.9% (from 14.3%) and inflation excluding energy at 2.3% (from 2.1%). The unemployment rate was 6.4% in August, and the wage tracker projects negotiated wage growth of 2.5% to 2.8% for the rest of 2026 and an average of 2.6% in the first three quarters of 2027. The ECB said it will set policy based on data at each meeting and is not pre-committing to a rate path.

  ECB·29/10, 14:00• EUR/USDECBinterest ratesinflation
• International Business : Euro zone private sector growth slows

  The S&P Global flash euro zone composite PMI fell to 51.9 in October from 53.1 in September, its lowest since June and below every forecast in a Reuters poll, as energy-driven cost increases and a renewed contraction in France weighed on activity. Input costs rose for a second consecutive month, but firms raised selling prices more slowly than in September, suggesting squeezed margins. Higher interest rates are also starting to dampen demand, and a Reuters poll expects the ECB to hold its 2.50% deposit rate next week before raising it by 25 basis points in December, as inflation runs at nearly double its 2% target. Business confidence fell to a five-month low, with manufacturing seeing the sharpest drop, while France showed contraction and its business confidence hit the lowest since 2012 outside the pandemic period. French government borrowing costs have also jumped on investor concerns about the country's finances.

  gdnonline.com·24/10, 08:30▼ EUR/USD▲ DXYEuropeECBinterest rates
• UBS adds March rate hike to ECB forecast . Here is why | Hellenic Shipping News Worldwide

  UBS now expects the ECB to deliver an extra 25-basis-point hike to 3% in early 2027, most likely on March 18, after raising its eurozone inflation outlook. It still expects a hold at 2.5% at the October 29 meeting and a hike to 2.75% in December, as September inflation of 3.8% is seen peaking at 4% in January 2027. Risks are two-sided: rates could peak at 2.75% if French bond tensions or tighter financial conditions prompt an earlier stop, or rise further if Middle East tensions lift energy prices. UBS expects cuts to begin in the first quarter of 2028, bringing the deposit rate back to 2.25% by the third quarter, and considers an early activation of the TPI for French bonds unlikely.

  hellenicshippingnews.com·20/10, 00:45▲ EUR/USD▼ DXYECBinterest ratesinflation
• ECB may raise rates by 50 bps by mid - 2027 as energy prices fuel inflation : Reportazerbaijannews.net·17/10, 18:30▲ EUR/USD▼ DXYECBinterest ratesinflation
• ECB may raise rates by 50 bps by mid - 2027 as energy prices fuel inflation : Reportnigeriasun.com·17/10, 17:45▲ EUR/USD▼ DXYECBinflationinterest rates
• ECB may raise rates by 50 bps by mid - 2027 as energy prices fuel inflation : Reportmassachusettssun.com·17/10, 17:30▲ EUR/USD▼ DXYECBinflationinterest rates

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