ECB's Holzmann: Rates are at neutral level, no reason to become accommodative
European Central Bank (ECB) policymaker Robert Holzmann, who dissented to the ECB's decision to cut key rates by 25 basis points after the March meeting, argued on Wednesday that they don't need to become more accommodative, per Reuters.
"We had assumed inflation would come down," Hozlmann said. "As we are neutral and inflation is converging to target, there is no reason to become accommodative."
Market reaction
These comments don't seem to be having a noticeable impact on the Euro's performance against its major rivals. At the time of press, EUR/USD was up 0.25% on the day at 1.0820.
Euro PRICE Today
The table below shows the percentage change of Euro (EUR) against listed major currencies today. Euro was the strongest against the Canadian Dollar.
| USD | EUR | GBP | JPY | CAD | AUD | NZD | CHF | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| USD | -0.26% | -0.16% | -0.10% | 0.14% | -0.43% | -0.78% | -0.08% | |
| EUR | 0.26% | 0.12% | 0.18% | 0.41% | -0.15% | -0.53% | 0.19% | |
| GBP | 0.16% | -0.12% | 0.08% | 0.30% | -0.26% | -0.61% | 0.08% | |
| JPY | 0.10% | -0.18% | -0.08% | 0.22% | -0.35% | -0.71% | -0.01% | |
| CAD | -0.14% | -0.41% | -0.30% | -0.22% | -0.56% | -0.90% | -0.21% | |
| AUD | 0.43% | 0.15% | 0.26% | 0.35% | 0.56% | -0.36% | 0.34% | |
| NZD | 0.78% | 0.53% | 0.61% | 0.71% | 0.90% | 0.36% | 0.70% | |
| CHF | 0.08% | -0.19% | -0.08% | 0.00% | 0.21% | -0.34% | -0.70% |
The heat map shows percentage changes of major currencies against each other. The base currency is picked from the left column, while the quote currency is picked from the top row. For example, if you pick the Euro from the left column and move along the horizontal line to the US Dollar, the percentage change displayed in the box will represent EUR (base)/USD (quote).
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Eren Sengezer
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As an economist at heart, Eren Sengezer specializes in the assessment of the short-term and long-term impacts of macroeconomic data, central bank policies and political developments on financial assets.
