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ECB will keep the current monetary stance – ECB’s Mersch

FXStreet (Edinburgh) - Yves Mersch, member of the ECB’s Executive Board, has left the door open for further easing after stressing that that ECB is still to decide whether it has reached the lower bound on rates. In the same direction, he noted that the central bank remains determined to keep the policy stance by ‘all means at our disposal’.

In addition, he argued that a rate hike by the Federal Reserve could have consequences in the EM space, and that higher rates means the US economy is improving.

BoE kept rates unchanged at 0.5%, flags oil price & wage growth concerns

The Bank of England's rate-setters voted 8-1 again to keep interest rates at their record low of 0.5 per cent in line with expectation. As expected Ian McCafferty, a member in the nine-person strong MPC, voted to increase rates to 0.75 per cent. The monetary policy statement mentioned UK policy stance is determined by UK inflation outlook.
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AUD/USD pauses to consolidate gains around 0.7300

The Aussie paused to consolidate the advance against the US dollar after rallying more than 100 pips on the back of better-than-expected Australian jobs data.
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