EUR/USD Stabilizes near 0.9950 after ECB Rate Declaration

While the EUR/USD pair was expecting the outcome of the European Central Bank monetary policy decision It traded at 1.0000. This continued as the request for USD slowed. The equity market battled hard to extend profits in Asia and Europe during the initial half of today. Although the majority of indexes recorded in-day profits. During these, the government bond yield stayed at the lower end of the weekly range.

Furthermore, the ECB (European Central Bank) gave the anticipated interest rate increase of 75 basis points. The deposit rate was corrected from 0 to 0.75%, as the core refinancing operation rate rose to 1.25%. The Apex bank revised the inflation projection in the upside direction to a mean of 8.1% this year. While in the next year it will be 5.5% and subsequently it will be 2.3% in the following year (2024). Consequently, this will as well influence EUR/USD price changes.

Additional Factors Influencing EUR/USD Price Dynamics
Also, policymakers as well anticipate that the economy will continue to grow despite signs of recession. This could be seen as the Gross Domestic Product appears to increase by 3.1% this year. Also, it is expected to grow by an additional 0.9% come next year and 1.9% by 2024. Going by this statement it appears that more rate increases are on the schedule.

At the same time, the United States released the initial unemployment claims for last week, and it reduced to 222,000. Eventually, this surpassed the market’s anticipations. European Central Bank’s president quick-started the press conference, as the United States Fed Jerome Powel will go live before the commencement of the Wall Street. All these will sum up to give further guidance about the EUR/USD changes.

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