EUR finds support from cyclical growth improvement – ANZ

Brian Martin, Research Analyst at ANZ, suggests that the 0.6% q/q rise in Eurozone’s Q1 real GDP has raised expectations that ECB stimulus may finally be raising the pace of growth.

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“The ECB would welcome these expectations as it has argued that growth is too slow to lift inflation which is oscillating around zero (April -0.2% y/y).

The reported cyclical upswing in Q1 has lent the euro support and the euro can remain firm on the crosses in the near-term.”