November 27, 2024 10:06 GMT
PLN: Zloty Marginally Softer, Unemployment Rate Slips
PLN
EUR/PLN trades +32 pips at 4.3081 and bulls look for firmer gains towards Nov 6 high of 4.3758 and Jun 14 high of 4.3826. Conversely, bears keep an eye on Oct 14 low of 4.2867 after the pair refreshed multi-week lows in morning trade.
- Poland's unemployment rate edged lower to 4.9% in October from 5.0% prior, despite expectations that it would stay unchanged. The Polish Economic Institute flagged an interesting discrepancy between growing concerns about losing job evident in survey data paralleled by a stable situation in the job market, with no major swings recorded in key parameters such as the number of layoffs and job vacancies.
- Market participants took note of the latest round of comments from ECB's Schnabel, who called for caution in loosening EZ monetary policy, sending the single currency to new session highs.
- POLGB curve has bull flattened, even as the space started the session on a softer footing. Yields last sit 2.0-6.4bp lower across the curve.
- The WIG20 Index has shed 0.8% this morning.
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