November 18, 2024 09:55 GMT
PLN: Zloty Loses Ground, CE3 Space Shows Weakness
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EUR/PLN snaps a four-day losing streak and changes hands +137 pips at 4.3317, with the zloty struggling alongside its CE3 peers relative to most other EMEA currencies. A clearance of Nov 6 high of 4.3758 would give bulls a green light for targeting 4.3826, which kept a lid on gains on Jun 14. On the flip side, bears keep an eye on 4.2867, the low print of Oct 14.
- NBP's Gabriela Maslowska offered a relatively cautious perspective in her latest interview for PAP news agency. The policymaker said that rate cuts will likely start only in 2H2025 rather than in 2Q2025 and expressed her support for gradual easing, starting with a standard-sized 25bp move.
- The central bank will release official core CPI readings for October this afternoon. These prints tend to be close to the estimates as analysts base their forecasts on final CPI data published a few days earlier. The median estimate in a Bloomberg survey is +4.2% Y/Y versus +4.3% recorded in September.
- The WIG20 Index has added 0.6% but refreshed cyclical lows during today's oscillations and remains comfortably in the red on an YtD basis.
- POLGB yields have ticked higher, last sit 2.7-4.5bp above neutral levels, with the 5-8 segment underperforming.
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