The European Central Bank is about to reduce interest rates for the sixth time since June, although the volatile economic background justifies the sections around the location of borrowing costs from here.
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(Bloomberg) – The European Central Bank is about to drop interest rates for the sixth time since June, although the volatile economic background justifies the departments about the location of borrowing costs from here.
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Analysts that Bloomberg included almost unanimously fell to a quarter of a drop in the deposit rate, to 2.5 %, on Thursday. Moreover, opinions differ significantly: one does not see more cuts while others believe that the standard will reach 1 % in early 2026.
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Such stark differences reflect the tense unit between the officials themselves. While there is a major significant disagreement over cash relief so far, opinions diverge whether inflation is in a greater risk of excessive or non -decline, and the amount of support that should be provided to the wrong region's economy.
Water distortion is the effects of the US sudden decision to provide military support to Ukraine and Europe, which raised a highlight of hundreds of billions of euros in spending throughout the region in the coming years. European leaders are scheduled to increase the issue at a summit on Thursday in Brussels, where markets are now preferred other discounts in the prices of the European Central Bank this year.
The price of merchants is 62 basis points of mitigation – including reducing the quarter -points today – a decrease from 65 basis points on Wednesday and 85 basis points last week.
“The decision this Thursday should be clear, but the discussions within the Governing Council will undoubtedly become more heated,” said Sonia Martin, head of research and monetary policy at DZ Bank. “This may be the last” clear “decision from the European Central Bank this year.
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The price is scheduled to be announced at 2:15 pm in Frankfurt. President Christine Lagarde will host a press conference after 30 minutes.
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While policymakers including CEO Isabelle Shenabel urged the European Central Bank to start discussing a temporary pause in price cuts – or stopping them completely – no one shows that he is strongly objected to this week's step.
If it is transferred, it will reach 150 basis points – twice as much as the Bank of England has so far during the cutting cycle and also more than 100 basis points for the Federal Reserve.
The dispute in the European Central Bank is partially intensified on the amount of monetary policy that restricts the economy. “It is no longer sure if it is still restricted.” “We are definitely still in a restriction,” Yanes Stornarras of Greece believes.
Officials agree that prices should be raised to levels that are no longer restricted to activity, known as a neutral. Only a few, though, have put forward the idea of paying a decrease to stimulate the demand. While a recent study by European Central Bank employees put a 1.75 % neutral to 2.25 %, some hawks say it may be higher.
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Analysts and investors will focus on whether the European Central Bank continues to describe policy as “restricted”. Removing this drafting from this month's statement was already seen as an option after the January meeting.
Referring to this language will be reduced further – the next time that may come in April. The overcoming will lead to the stage of the theater to stop temporarily, perhaps as soon as possible next month, but it can also be interpreted by some as an end to discounts.
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“Falcons believe that monetary policy may not be restricted after the rate of deposit in March has decreased to 2.5 % than 2.75 %. The doves may be more hiding about the need to consider the public budget of the European Central Bank when thinking about the plant rate. We expect the Governing Council reduce 75 additional basis points this year, up to the rate of deposit to 2 %.”
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Perhaps the most likely result is a compromise. This will witness the amendment of the language without completely removing it, as the European Central Bank and Lagarde are expected to give the company's guidance to give the universal image unexpected.
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“Macro indifferent indicators with a fast -paced and sometimes irregular political environment can become,” said Carsten Barzky, head of macro research in Inge. “The best European Central Bank's approach is to run in sight.”
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The complexity of the European Central Bank is the rapidly changing geopolitical environment. President Donald Trump's escalating commercial war and the implications for his decision to calibrate US security alliances are the main challenges facing policy makers.
While customs tariffs are generally negative for economic expectations in Europe, the effects of inflation are less clear. There may be growth benefits from a continent to intensify defensive spending, and a consultant at Friedrich Mirz pushes the huge infrastructure expenses in Germany.
European Union leaders are meeting on Thursday in Brussels to discuss more military aid to Ukraine, as well as plans to enhance the capabilities of their armed forces. “If there is a common goal for the European Union to enhance defense spending, we can discuss what the European Central Bank can do to support this goal,” Stornarras said in Greece last week.
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Economists in Allianz warned that if the budget deficit is threatened, the budget deficit may aim to sustain debt and lead to the expansion of government bond differences, the European Central Bank may have to re -purchase large -scale bond purchases through its transportation protection tool.
Expectations
Analysts only expect marginal changes in the quarterly expectations of economic growth and inflation-support the general evaluation of the European Central Bank that consumer prices grow on the right path to 2 % and the conditions of euro area recovery.
Nevertheless, the average inflation of 2025 can be reviewed from 2.1 % forecasts in December – mainly due to the high energy costs.
Jens Eiseschmidt from Morgan Stanley, a former Economist at the European Central Bank, expects the updated expectations of price growth only to the goal in the first three months of 2026, instead of this year as expected before.
While it is higher than analysts' expectations, the inflation is cooled to 2.4 % in February from 2.5 % of the previous month, with the service scale that was closely monitored to 3.7 %.
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(Updates with the stakes of the traders rate begin in the fourth paragraph)
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