ECB’s Panetta: The fight against inflation cannot be considered over

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  • Must carefully monitor all factors that could hinder return to 2% target
  • Weak euro area economy and geopolitical tensions contributing to containing inflation
  • But increased uncertainty, especially contradictory US policy announcements, calls for caution on rates

As you would expect, they’re still not giving anything away and not pre-committing to anything before Trump’s tariffs are announced later this week. But markets are largely convinced of a rate cut in April, with odds of that now sitting over 90%.

This article was written by Justin Low at www.forexlive.com.