In order to
understand the movement of EURUSD it is important to look at the inflation
rates in both the United States and in Europe. The Consumer price index (CPI) data
released for the Eurozone on Thursday also provides important economic input for
the movement of the currency pair to be explained.
The CPI for
Europe rose moderately in December to 5.0% year-on-year from 4.9% in November
compared to 7% in the United States for the same period. These figures show
that the pace at which prices rose in Europe was not so steep as in the U.S.
and therefore the European monetary policymakers may not see price hikes as
such an important issue. This could mean that
the European Central Bank (ECB) may see no
urgency in tighten the monetary policy as opposed to the U.S. Federal Reserve
(Fed) that is already considering when the first hike will be scheduled.
On the
other hand, the European economy is lagging behind the United States as the
Gross Domestic Product (GDP) within the European Union (EU) only rose by 3.9%
year-on-year while economic growth in the U.S. was up by 4.9%. Also, the
unemployment level in the EU is at 7.2% while in the U.S. it is at 3.9%.
Consequently,
the minutes from the ECB’s monetary policy meeting held on December 15-16, 2021,
published on Thursday, suggest that further monetary stimulus will be released by
the ECB and that no interest rate hikes are on the immediate horizon. However, the
ECB did cut the amount of stimulus it is pumping into the economy at the
December meeting but extended its bond-buying until at least late 2022. In
contrast the Fed has said it will stop its bond buying stimulus program this
March and is expected to increase its interest rates for the first in March.
CME FedWath Tool suggests the probability of the rate hikes to 0.25-0.5% in
March is 91.6%. which is up from the 78.3% probability last week. Investors
suggest the Fed may raise interest rates again in May with a probability of
49.3%, and these numbers are also growing fast. The investor community has a
consensus that the Fed will hike rates three or five times in 2022. A shrinking
of the massive $8.8 trillion Fed balance is also expected to start this year.
This is an opposite procedure to money printing when the central bank sells
bonds from its balance to the market reducing overall monetary supply.
This distinction
between two major central banks makes the U.S. Dollar look more attractive
against the single European currency in the near term. This is confirmed by the
technical picture. A downward trend in the EURUSD led the pair to 1.1180 in
November 2021. A correction to the 1.15000 now seems to be limited as bulls
failed to push the Euro above this limit and therefore justifies the downward
trend. The Euro may now gain a downside momentum from 1.13500-1.13700 to the
level at 1.12000 with some brief stops on its way there.
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