Sentences with phrase «eurozone inflation»

Eurozone inflation for May climbed to 0.3 %, indicating that QE is having the desired effect.

Stubbornly low eurozone inflation expectations — just 1.3 % annually over the next five years implied by bond markets — should push the ECB to extend its stimulus beyond March 2017.

This can happen one of three ways: through Greek nominal wage cuts (which the Greeks can't accept), through high Eurozone inflation and stable Greek nominal wages (which the Germans won't accept), or through Greece getting control over its own currency, which will depreciate considerably relative to the Euro.

An improving growth backdrop should eventually lead to a sustainable move higher in eurozone inflation, justifying a removal of monetary accommodation.

Economics: The very first reading through of eurozone inflation in September will be printed at five a.m. ET.

European stocks slipped Thursday, after a surprise fall in eurozone inflation, which will likely spur the European Central Bank to tread carefully in...

Eurozone inflation has suddenly dipped to its lowest level in more than a year, calling into question plans for the bloc's central bank to end its vast bond - buying programme.

After a surprisingly large dip in the previous month, eurozone inflation rebounded in April, with the annual increase in core prices accelerating to its highest level since 2013.

With eurozone inflation surprisingly weak, the ECB's patience risks being tested

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The Federal Reserve was finally able to say Wednesday that U.S. inflation had moved close to its 2 % target.

Our Eurozone Inflation swaps data includes seasonally adjusted fixing swaps — BGCMD is one of the few sources of this data.

Investors were cautious after a largely weak performance on Wall Street on Thursday as some disappointing earnings reports offset strong economic data, while bond yields slid after a surprising slowdown in eurozone inflation.

Eurozone inflation grew at an annual pace of 1.2 % in April, Eurostat said, slightly lower from a reading of 1.3 % in the previous month.

Eurozone inflation down.

Treasury yields fall after tepid eurozone inflation data spark German bund rally European government bonds strengthened as inflation weakensTreasury yields retreat on Thursday by falling rates in European government bonds after eurozone inflation data came in weaker than expected.

The weak performance on Wall Street weighed on investor sentiment, as well as the unexpected dip in Eurozone inflation.

Rising oil prices caused a headline spike in eurozone inflation at the beginning of this year, which has washed through the system.

Treasury yields retreat on Thursday by falling rates in European government bonds after eurozone inflation data came in weaker than expected.

The Commission forecast that eurozone inflation this year would remain unchanged at 1.5 percent, rising only to 1.6 percent next year.

Not exact matches

Note we do see inflation moving sideways at low levels in the eurozone, even as we expect inflation to pick up in the U.S..

«The current bull market is not going to end simply because «stocks have gone up too much»... The buyside is fairly cautious, seeing downside stemming from: (i) deflationary pressures of the 40 % year - over-year oil decline, deceleration in China, Eurozone weakness, and the fall in 5 - year inflation breakevens; and (ii) Fed monetary tightening... Capital stock is again showing signs of pent - up demand, and as a consequence, companies and households will have to invest.

Still, we'd look for core inflation in the eurozone to continue rising up to the level we're seeing in Germany of 2.2 %.

World growth will remain low on average but negative in the UK and Europe; price inflation will remain sufficiently subdued for a while longer so as to impose no constraint on monetary expansion; central banks will sustain a regime of negative real interest rates and rapid monetary expansion; the risk of a eurozone collapse is off the table for now; finally, stock markets should continue to perform better than expected, even though the four - year old cyclical bull market is long by historical standards.

In December, inflation in the 19 countries of the eurozone fell below zero and raised the specter of deflation, a sustained decline in prices that can lead to higher unemployment and that is notoriously difficult to reverse.

If successful, quantitative easing would push down market interest rates in the eurozone and make it easier for businesses and consumers to borrow money, helping to stimulate the economy and restore inflation.

The long - awaited program, known as quantitative easing, is meant to spur growth in the listless eurozone economy and to raise inflation to healthier levels.

Despite the bank's stimulus measures to date, inflation in the 19 countries of the eurozone has been stuck near or below zero for more than a year.

One of the eurozone's enduring problems is a dangerously low inflation rate.

HIGHLIGHT Annual inflation in the Eurozone unexpectedly slipped to just 1.2 % in April, as prices of services increased at a slower pace adding to doubts about the ECB's plan for a gradual withdrawal of monetary stimulus.

We expect modest upside in eurozone prices but share the European Central Bank's (ECB's) outlook for inflation stuck below target at least through 2019.

«We also like EU inflation - linked securities, as they discount a very pessimistic inflation scenario in the Eurozone,» said Pioneer's Germano.

Europe's trading calendar this week looks set to be dominated by fresh PMI data for the core of the Eurozone from IHS / Markit later in the week as well as U.K. inflation (Tuesday) and retail sales (Thursday).

Or has the ECB waited too long and missed the opportunity to free the eurozone from its near recessionary doldrums and lift inflation closer to the target?

A future German inflation rate above the eurozone average could be part of a natural adjustment process as crisis - hit countries pulled themselves out of recession, the Bundesbank argued in evidence to German parliamentarians submitted on Wednesday.

Following his comments, with the prospect of a rise in eurozone interest rates apparently pushed back to 2018 at the earliest, the euro — which had already dipped in the wake of the lower - than - expected inflation figures — gave up more ground.

After rising for several months, annual inflation in the eurozone fell further than consensus expectations in March, easing back from 2.0 % to 1.5 % at the headline level, and from 0.9 % to 0.7 % at the core level.

Our newly launched BlackRock Inflation GPS signals greater potential for U.S. and eurozone monetary policy divergence than markets expect.

The Bundesbank, the most hawkish of central banks, has signalled it would accept higher inflation in Germany as part of an economic rebalancing in the eurozone that would boost the international competitiveness of countries worst - hit by the region's debt crisis.

Nevertheless, the ECB expects the eurozone's recovery to «broaden» in the months ahead, as private - sector lending growth picks up and inflation expectations move higher.

We see the inflation outlook as negative for US Treasuries but potentially helping eurozone government bonds.

We also like US inflation - linked bonds relative to the richer pricing of medium - term eurozone equivalents.

European Central Bank head Mario Draghi says the eurozone economy still needs abundant stimulus to raise inflation to more normal levels even in the midst of a strengthening recovery.

Will the Euro retain its stability or will it move in response to major events such as German retail sales, employment data in Germany, Eurozone and inflation.

Not only were the second - quarter GDP figures somewhat disappointing, but inflation has remained quite low even though the eurozone pulled its way out of a short period of deflation seen at the beginning of this year.

Low inflation and uncertainties about the global economy also forced the ECB to revise its forecast for 2015 eurozone growth from 1.5 % to 1.4 %.

European Central Bank head Mario Draghi says the expanding eurozone economy still faces «risks and uncertainties» — including a looming trade dispute with the United States — and has cautioned that inflation needs to rise further before monetary stimulus is ended.

Inflation across the 19 - country eurozone remains stubbornly low even though the economic recovery across the single currency bloc appears to be gaining more and more momentum.

The ECB is predicting a pick - up in inflation over coming months as lower unemployment starts to work itself through the eurozone.

Headline inflation in the 19 - country eurozone was just 0.2 % in the year to end - August, according to Eurostat, while core inflation (excluding food and energy) was 1 %, well off the ECB's inflation target of just below 2 %.

European CPI represents the inflation in the Eurozone and the European Central Bank depends on this inflation when setting the monetary policy.

The eurozone, despite growth that has exceeded expectations, has seen disappointing inflation data of late.