Europe’s Bond Market Turbulence Puts ECB Repo Funding Into Focus
Turbulence across Europe’s bonds is sparking debate over the tools policymakers use to keep markets functioning in the event of a broader financial crisis.
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Turbulence across Europe’s bonds is sparking debate over the tools policymakers use to keep markets functioning in the event of a broader financial crisis.
A sudden selloff of French bonds has stirred memories of the sovereign debt crisis that cascaded across Europe between 2009 and 2015. Attention is now turning to how the European Central Bank might respond. Virginie Maisonneuve, founder at Maisonneuve Global Advisors, discusses the global economic outlook and why the ECB is wary of the current French bond turmoil. (Source: Bloomberg)
A surge in euro-area sovereign bond spreads slowed on Friday as traders bet the European Central Bank will be forced to support the region’s more-indebted members by delivering fewer interest-rate hikes.
The energy-price shock from the conflict in the Middle East hasn’t fed through to other parts of the economy up until now, according to European Central Bank Governing Council member Olli Rehn.
ECB Governing Council member Gabriel Makhlouf discusses the outlook for inflation, the economy and interest rates. “At a time of uncertainty, every meeting is a live meeting for the European Central Bank,” the Irish central-bank chief told Bloomberg Television when asked whether there is a chance of an interest-rate hike in October if circumstances require it. (Source: Bloomberg)
Traders are increasingly diverging from central bankers on the outlook for interest-rate hikes in Europe.
London, Sept. 10 (Jiji Press)--The U.S. financial authorities carried out a foreign exchange intervention worth 500 million euros to prop up the yen on July 31, European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde said Thursday. "I'm not going to comment" on any foreign exchange intervention of any kind, Lagarde told a press conference in Berlin. But she disclosed the size of the euro-selling,...
For the first time, French champagne producers are allowed to sell their bubbly with more than 13% alcohol, as record heatwaves and drought have resulted in grapes containing unusually high levels of sugar. They fear that climate change may eventually force them to permanently rewrite the rules governing winemaking. Also in the segment, the European Central Bank raised interest rates for the second time this year amid higher energy costs, as a potential new gas crisis looms over Europe.
US equity futures waver ahead of PPI data, Oracle earnings and a rate decision from the European Central Bank. Brent crude reaches $102 a barrel as Iran is said to be ready to intensify its counterattacks if the US continues its strikes. President Trump pledges a $5,000 payout to voters if the Republican party wins the midterm elections. The president is set to speak again at the Republican National Convention in Dallas today. Jack Caffrey of JPMorgan Asset Management joins "Bloomberg Brief" to recap this earnings season. This video has been edited to correct a graphic to note that ECB President Christine Lagarde is scheduled to speak. Lagarde's name was misspelled at 00;41;26;29 (Source: Bloomberg)
The European Central Bank is set to raise borrowing costs for the second time since the start of the Iran war. The deposit rate will be lifted by a quarter-point to 2.5% on Thursday, according to all but one analyst in a Bloomberg poll. Bloomberg's Oliver Crook reports from Berlin. (Source: Bloomberg)