ECB’s Lane: More easing from the Bank is likely

Source Fxstreet

European Central Bank (ECB) Chief Economist Phillip Lane is speaking as part of a "policy dialogue" at the Asian Financial Forum (AFF) 2025, being held in Hong Kong on Monday.

Key quotes

The European economy is still recovering from the pandemic.

ECB baseline for Europe is a recovery.

Expect consumption to improve in 2025.

More easing from the Bank is likely.

Market reaction

EUR/USD has come under renewed selling pressure and attacks 1.0200 on these above comments, losing 0.26% on the day.

Euro PRICE Today

The table below shows the percentage change of Euro (EUR) against listed major currencies today. Euro was the weakest against the Japanese Yen.

  USD EUR GBP JPY CAD AUD NZD CHF
USD   0.33% 0.63% -0.22% 0.14% 0.23% 0.19% 0.07%
EUR -0.33%   0.28% -0.48% -0.12% 0.04% -0.08% -0.17%
GBP -0.63% -0.28%   -0.78% -0.40% -0.25% -0.36% -0.44%
JPY 0.22% 0.48% 0.78%   0.35% 0.37% 0.27% 0.30%
CAD -0.14% 0.12% 0.40% -0.35%   0.04% 0.04% 0.02%
AUD -0.23% -0.04% 0.25% -0.37% -0.04%   -0.15% -0.19%
NZD -0.19% 0.08% 0.36% -0.27% -0.04% 0.15%   -0.08%
CHF -0.07% 0.17% 0.44% -0.30% -0.02% 0.19% 0.08%  

The heat map shows percentage changes of major currencies against each other. The base currency is picked from the left column, while the quote currency is picked from the top row. For example, if you pick the Euro from the left column and move along the horizontal line to the US Dollar, the percentage change displayed in the box will represent EUR (base)/USD (quote).

 

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