ECB Forum on Central Banking: Price and wage setting in advanced economies - Live Stream

Eren Sengezer FXStreet

The last day of the ECB's Forum on Central Banking will feature Mario Draghi, President of the European Central Bank, Haruhiko Kuroda, Governor of the Bank of Japan, Philip Lowe, Governor of the Reserve Bank of Australia, and Jerome H. Powell Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, at a panel titled 'Price and wage setting in advanced economies.'

The panel is scheduled to start at 13:30 GMT.

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The central banking sphere will keep bond investors busy and with most majors stuck in tight trading ranges, any comments made in relation to central banks' monetary policies should influence price action surrounding EUR, AUD, JPY and USD crosses.

EUR/USD treading water around 1.1560/70.

The better tone around the greenback keeps EUR/USD on the back foot in the middle of the week around the 1.1560/70 band.

About ECB Forum on Central Banking (via ecb.europa.eu)

Discussions at this year’s ECB Forum on Central Banking focus on price and wage-setting in advanced economies. The Forum takes place from 18 to 20 June.

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Eren Sengezer

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As an economist at heart, Eren Sengezer specializes in the assessment of the short-term and long-term impacts of macroeconomic data, central bank policies and political developments on financial assets.

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