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NBP Status Quo May Lead To Higher Volatility in FX and Bond Markets

POLAND
  • With Core CPI rising to 4% in May and Final CPI print coming in at 4.7%, both key measures of inflation are now standing significantly higher than the 3.5% NBP upper tolerance band.
  • While some policymakers continue to think that the spike in inflation is just temporary and that inflationary pressures should ease in the end of 2021 / beginning of 2022, some more 'hawkish' MPC members (i.e. Gatnar) are favoring a 'symbolic' rate rise in the short term.
  • However, unlike CNB and NBH that have sounded more 'hawkish' recently, with market pricing in a 50% chance of rate hike at next week's meetings (NBH on June 22 and CNB on June 23), NBP seems to be ready to keep interest rates steady in the coming months to stimulate the economic recovery.
  • As a result, traders have been taking profit on their PLN trade in the past two weeks following strong momentum in April and May.
  • July and July CPI prints in addition to the summer NBP projections will be key for the policy outlook.

Source: Bloomberg/MNI

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