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Panetta – Fed Pivot Likely Reinforces Case For (Small) Rate Cuts

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  • ECB’s Panetta sets the stall out for a path with small rate cuts in a speech. He noted the possibility of a June rate cut last week but these are the first more in-depth comments in almost a month.

Bloomberg headlines of note:

  • FED PIVOTS LIKELY REINFORCE CASE FOR RATE CUTS
  • SMALL ECB RATE CUTS COULD COUNTER WEAK DEMAND
  • SMALL CUTS COULD BE PAUSED AT NO COST IF SHOCKS EMERGE
  • TIMELY ACTION ALLOWS SMALL, PROGRESSIVE ECB RATE CUTS
  • ECB-FED DECOUPLING CURRENTLY NOT PARTICULARLY CRITICAL
  • RATE CUTS NEEDED TO AVOID ULTRA-LOW RATES LATER
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  • ECB’s Panetta sets the stall out for a path with small rate cuts in a speech. He noted the possibility of a June rate cut last week but these are the first more in-depth comments in almost a month.

Bloomberg headlines of note:

  • FED PIVOTS LIKELY REINFORCE CASE FOR RATE CUTS
  • SMALL ECB RATE CUTS COULD COUNTER WEAK DEMAND
  • SMALL CUTS COULD BE PAUSED AT NO COST IF SHOCKS EMERGE
  • TIMELY ACTION ALLOWS SMALL, PROGRESSIVE ECB RATE CUTS
  • ECB-FED DECOUPLING CURRENTLY NOT PARTICULARLY CRITICAL
  • RATE CUTS NEEDED TO AVOID ULTRA-LOW RATES LATER