ECB’s Kazaks: 25 bps hike in July, 50 bps in September is the base case
|European Central Bank (ECB) policymaker Martins Kazaks told Bloomberg TV on Tuesday that he expected a 25 bps rate hike in July while a 50 bps increase is the base case scenario in September.
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Though it may be worth looking at 50 bps rate hike in July.
It may be reasonable to frontload rate hikes.
Market reaction
EUR/USD is defending minor gains below 1.0600, awaiting the keynote remarks from ECB President Christine Lagarde on day 2 of the ECB Forum on Central Banking in Sintra.
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