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Nothing New From Lagarde, What Is Priced Re: The ECB?

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Nothing new from ECB President Lagarde as she reiterates her well-known stance of apprehension when it comes to longer-term inflationary dynamics being driven by the factors that have been well-documented in recent months.

  • She stressed the need to not rush into premature tightening of monetary policy (after reiterating that a '22 rate hike is "very unlikely" earlier this week, although she wouldn't be drawn into discussion re: '23 rate hikes), pointing to the requirement of durable attainment re: the ECB's inflation goal, which will be nurtured via maintaining monetary support.
  • EONIA forwards have eased back from highs printed in late October, with a 10bp hike in the deposit rate not baked into EONIA forwards until somewhere between a 19- to 22-month horizon. Remember that 1-month/1-Year EONIA forwards briefly fully priced in the chances of such a move in October (on the broader major global central bank hike repricing that markets were experiencing at the time).

Fig. 1: EONIA Forward Pricing

Source: MNI - Market News/Bloomberg

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