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Eurozone economy close to stabilising in March, price pressures ease
Business activity in the euro area came close to stabilising in March, as provisional PMI® survey data registered only a marginal decline in output of goods and services. A modest recovery of service sector output gained momentum, accompanied by a softening in the rate of manufacturing output decline. However, ongoing falls in output in France and Germany offset a gathering upturn in the rest of the eurozone to point to an uneven economic picture. Encouragingly, order books fell at a reduced rate and business confidence about the year ahead improved to a 13-month high. Supplier delivery times at goods producers also ... (full story)
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Food price inflation was one of the main contributors to the strong rise in euro area headline inflation in 2022 and, once food inflation started to decline, also to the ...
The Swiss National Bank is lowering the SNB policy rate by 0.25 percentage points to 1.5%. The change applies from tomorrow, 22 March 2024. Banks’ sight deposits held at the SNB will be remunerated at the SNB policy rate up to a certain threshold, and at 1.0% above this threshold. The SNB also remains willing to be active in the foreign exchange market as necessary. The easing of monetary policy has been made possible because the fight against inflation over the past two and a half years has been effective. For some months now, inflation has been back below 2% and thus in the range the SNB equates with price stability. According to the new forecast, inflation is also likely to remain in this range over the next few years. With its decision, the SNB is taking into account the reduced inflationary pressure as well as the appreciation of the Swiss franc in real terms over the past year. The policy rate cut also supports economic activity. Today’s easing thus ensures that monetary conditions remain appropriate. The SNB will continue to monitor the development of inflation closely, and will adjust its monetary policy again if necessary to ensure inflation remains within the range consistent with price stability over the medium term. Inflation has declined further since the beginning of the year, and stood at 1.2% in February. This decrease was attributable to lower goods inflation. Inflation is currently being driven above all by higher prices for domestic services. The new conditional inflation forecast is significantly lower than that of December. In the short term, this is above all due to the fact that price momentum in the case of some categories of goods has slow post: SNB SEES 2024 INFLATION AT 1.4%, 2025 AT 1.2% AND 2026 AT 1.1%. post: SNB: MOMENTUM IN THE MORTGAGE AND REAL ESTATE MARKETS HAS WEAKENED NOTICEABLY IN RECENT QUARTERS. HOWEVER, THE VULNERABILITIES IN THESE MARKETS REMAIN. post: SNB: THE WEAK DEMAND FROM ABROAD AND THE APPRECIATION OF THE SWISS FRANC IN REAL TERMS OVER THE PAST YEAR ARE HAVING A DAMPENING EFFECT. post: SNB: WE ARE WILLING TO BE ACTIVE IN FOREIGN EXCHANGE.
The downturn in the German economy eased slightly in March as business activity in the country’s service sector came close to stabilising, the latest HCOB ‘flash’ PMI® survey ...
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Current account recorded €39 billion surplus in January 2024, up from €32 billion in previous month Current account surplus amounted to €294 billion (2.0% of euro area GDP) in the ...
At its meeting on 7 March 2024, the Governing Council decided to keep the three key ECB interest rates unchanged. Since its monetary policy meeting on 25 January 2024, inflation ...
post: SNB'S JORDAN: WILL ADJUST MONETARY POLICY AGAIN IF NECESSARY.Introductory remarks, news conference Ladies and gentlemen As Chairman of the Governing Board, it is my pleasure to welcome you to the news conference of the Swiss National Bank. I would also like to welcome all those who are joining us today online. I extend a special welcome to Antoine Martin. This is his first press conference as a Member of the Governing Board. After our introductory remarks, we will take questions from journalists as usual. Questions can also be asked by telephone. Monetary policy decision I will begin with our monetary policy decision. We have decided to lower the SNB policy rate by 0.25 percentage points to 1.5%. The change applies from tomorrow, 22 March 2024. Banks’ sight deposits held at the SNB will be remunerated at the SNB policy rate up to a certain threshold, and at 1.0% above this threshold. We also remain willing to be active in the foreign exchange market as necessary. The easing of our monetary policy has been made possible because the fight against inflation over the past two and a half years has been effective. For some months now, inflation has been back below 2% and thus in the range we equate with price stability. According to our new forecast, inflation is also likely to remain in this range over the next few years. With our decision, we are taking into account the reduced inflationary pressure as well as the appreciation of the Swiss franc in real terms over the past year. The policy rate cut also supports economic activity. Today’s easing thus ensures that monetary conditions remain appropriate. We will continue to monitor the development of inflation closely. We will adjust our monetary policy again if necessary to ensure inflation remains within the range consistent with price stability ov
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