Daily digest market movers: EUR/USD weakens on Euro’s broader underperformance
- EUR/USD extends its downside below the crucial support of 1.1100 in European trading hours. The shared currency pair weakens on the Euro’s (EUR) underperformance against its major peers as traders seem to be certain that the European Central Bank (ECB) will cut interest rates in September.
- A sharp slowdown in price pressures in Spain and six important German states has boosted ECB September rate cut bets. The Annual Harmonized Index of Consumer Prices (HICP) in Spain came in at 2.4%, the slowest in year-to-date (YTD).
- Firm speculation for ECB September rate cuts was already prompted by consistently easing Eurozone price pressures and its poor economic outlook, as suggested by the flash HCOB PMI report for August. However, the Eurozone Economic Sentiment Indicator, Industry Confidence, and Services Sentiment have come in better than expected in August. On the contrary, Consumer Confidence deteriorated to -13.5 from the estimates and the former release of -13.4.
- The ECB is also expected to deliver an additional rate cut somewhere in the last quarter of the year. A few ECB policymakers appear to be comfortable with the central bank reducing its key borrowing rates further this year.
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