EUR: Italian banking woes unlikely to affect much - ING
|A modest improvement in German IFO (likely due to the relief after the French parliamentary elections) should be modestly EUR supportive, though EUR/USD is unlikely to move materially above the 1.1200 the level as investors await EZ and US inflation data later this week, according to the research team at ING.
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“The news over the weekend about the Italian government EUR 17bn rescue package (immediate EUR 5bn injection + EUR12bn guarantees) to shore up failing Veneto Banca and Banca Popolare di Vicenza should have a very limited negative impact on EUR (as was the case during 4Q16 Italian banking woes). With investors well aware of this risk, the ECB floating a credible threat to do “whatever it takes” to save the euro and EUR looking meaningfully undervalued, the bar for a risk premium driven EUR decline is set very high at this stage.”
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