The European Central Bank (ECB) meeting on Thursday
did not change the base rate of 0.5 per cent. Deposit rate also remained
unchanged (0 percent). During the press conference the ECB's head of M. Draghi
assured that in order to support the region's economic recovery, the base
interest rate will remain at the current level as long as needed. M. Draghi
said that the ECB Board held extensive discussions on further interest rate
cuts and assured that liquidity continues to remain high. The funny thing is that
it was decided unanimously to adopt a new communication policy that will lead
to further monetary policy vision. After M. Draghi's comments the euro has
fallen to 1.29 dollar per euro, core European equity indices values jumped 2-3 percent.
This morning the Asian market is also rising (Japan NIKKEI +1.81 percent. The Chinese
Hang Seng +1.46 percent). Bank of England also did not change the interest rate
(0.5 percent), And promotion of the program volume remained 375 billion pounds.
This was the first meeting after the bank was taken over by the former head of
Canada's central bank M. Carney.
Today the central event in the financial markets -
the U.S. labor market data published. It is predicted to be created 165
thousand new jobs (except public and agricultural sector), and the unemployment
rate dropped from 7.6 percent to 7.5 per cent. These data are particularly
welcome, as will make an impression on the U.S. economy trends, which will help
in predicting further Fed action.
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