ECB Rate Cut Cheat Sheet: Hard To Justify A Big Move For The Euro
By Vassilis Karamanis, Bloomberg Markets Live reporter and FX strategist
Options traders don’t expect the euro to fluctuate too much after today’s European Central Bank decision, and for a good reason. On aggregate, modest downside risks prevail. A quarter-point interest-rate cut has been well communicated by officials and it’s essentially fully priced in. What makes elevated realized volatility in the currency market unlikely is that there’s a high bar for money market wagers to significantly deviate by Thursday’s close.