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Euro Surges, Bunds Tumble On Unexpectedly Hawkish Draghi Comments

From zerohedge.com

The euro surged to its highest in two weeks after Mario Draghi, speaking at the ECB forum in Sintra, Portugal, surprised markets who expected yet another dovish speech from the central banker, who instead signaled that stimulus tapering may be closer than the market anticipated and said factors weighing on inflation in the euro zone were "mainly temporary" and the central bank could look through them. Speaking at the ECB's annual policy forum, Draghi highlighted a recovering euro zone economy that “the threat of deflation is gone and reflationary forces are at play” and that that the effects that keep inflation ... (full story)

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