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Was this on your bingo card for this year?

You would think central bankers would show more humility after being wrong the last time. But they never cease to surprise come what may. Yesterday, Fed chair Powell brought back the term transitory to markets. This time in saying that the base case for tariffs inflation is that…

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The central bank bonanza returns to Europe today

The policy decisions should be rather straightforward, with the SNB poised to cut rates by 25 bps while the BOE stays on the sidelines. On the SNB: “On Thursday, we’ll have the SNB lined up first with the Swiss central bank set to cut its policy rate one…

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ECB speakers Thursday include Lagarde, Lane, Knot and Holzmann

The times below are in GMT/US Eastern time format: 0800/0400 Introductory statement by ECB President Christine Lagarde at ECON Hearing before the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON) of the European Parliament in Brussels 1200/0800 ECB policy maker Klaas Knot speaks at press conference for publication of…

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