It will be the first increase in the past eleven years. In addition, the entity will raise interest rates again in September and does not rule out an increase of 50 basis points if high inflation continues.
Euskaraz irakurri: Interest 25 points igoko ditu ostegun honetan Europako Banku Zentralak
The Governing Council of the European Central Bank (ECB) will implement this Thursday the first rate hike in the euro-zone since July 2011, ending an era in euro-zone monetary policy in the face of intimidation from runaway inflation and the uncontrolled fall in the euro’s price. against the dollar in recent months as a result of, among other things, the war in Ukraine.
This first increase, which will affect the three rates managed by the central bank (deposit, refinancing and loan), was telegraphed by the ECB at its previous meeting in June, so save for an unexpected surprise, which made a difficult statement. would be 25 basis points. The entity will increase the cash price again in September, but how much is not yet clear; It depends on the inflation data.
In addition to confirming the announcement of the first rate hike in the eurozone, Thursday’s Governing Council meeting will also be another point of great interest as details of the anti-fragmentation plan it is working on could be announced the ECB to.
In recent months, the ECB has reduced the Purchase volume under the purchase of public assets. In April, it acquired assets worth 40 billion, while it grew to 30 billion in May and reduced its volume to 20 billion in June.
As decided by the ECB, the monetary authority will not fatten its balance sheet in the seventh month of the year, so from 1 July it will only reinvest the maturities of portfolio assets. These reinvestments will take place over a “longer period” after interest rates begin to rise. In any case, the purchases will continue for the time necessary to maintain “ample” liquidity conditions.
Christine Lagarde, president of the European Central Bank, revealed in her introductory speech at the symposium in Sintra (Portugal) on June 28 that the ECB will raise the three main interest rates in the eurozone by 25 basis points. In addition, Lagarde acknowledged that the ECB could be more aggressive and forget gradualism as inflation expectations begin to anchor. “It is likely that the entity will be able to exit negative interest rates by the end of the third quarter. As we have already shown, we will deploy other existing instruments or instruments necessary to prevent fragmentation from taking the right place. transferring monetary policy,” he added.
According to the ECB, the start of the upward cycle of the money price should be “orderly, avoiding unnecessary surprises for the markets and unwanted volatility”. For example, the European monetary entity does not rule out “unfavorable short-term economic surprises” and therefore considers it wise not to start with more strength.
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Source: EITB
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