Europe - Cut Rates and Rearm
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Why is the ECB cutting rates while bond yields are rising?
In Europe, a rate cut and a leaders meeting that again is reaffirming the need to spend and rearm. We'll look at what that's doing to bond yields. Whilst in the US, at least one Fed speaker worried about inflation and uncertainty as the President gives Mexico a month's reprieve, but not Canada, except for the cars. It's a movable feast, isn't it? And tonight non farm payrolls. Not that that's going to be the focus of anyone near the New South Wales Queensland border. For those people we Wish them well. It's Fridays the seventh of March, twenty twenty five. It's the morning call from Nab. Good morning. Well, US stock's falling again. One percent low for the Dow at the close, one point eight percent low for the S P, two point six percent down for the Nasdaq, reversing yesterday's gains.
The Russell two thousand is down one point eight percent as well, Nvidia shares down five point seven percent today, Tesla down five point six percent, Taiwan seven conductors losing four and a half percent. But Europe was generally higher at the close, the Eurostocks fifty up naught point six percent, the DAX up one. The FTSE one hundred is the only one down really by naught point eight percent. Bond movements are a little calmer than yesterday, but still another four basis points up on German ten year bunds, up five in Italy and Spain, ten in the Netherlands. Uh so still rising across Europe, uh also up eight basis points in Canada, just one basis point higher for ten year treasuries in the US though.
The US dollar down, but only by naught point one percent today, but down again. Uh so the Lowest since the Trump presidency began below 104.2 on the DXY. The Aussie is flat at sixty three point three US cents. The euro also flat. The yen is up three quarters of one percent. The pound down a little. And oil, no big movements. WTI up less than naught point one percent, Brent up less than naught point two percent. Uh but still below seventy a barrel.
What is the impact of the European leaders’ emergency defence meeting on markets?
So here's Nab's Gavin friend in London. Obviously lots going on. Uh with the European leaders gathering again for emergency discussions on defence. But also, of course, we've had the ECB. They've cut rates again, no surprise, the sixth time since June. Uh they said inflation is coming down, but a warning about the impact of a tariff war and a downgrade to their growth forecast. So question Does that downgrade to the growth forecast? Does that assume that we're going to see I'm
Yeah, good morning, Phil. Mm. I mean the focus of this meeting was actually um whether uh the ECB would use this opportunity to stop describing policy as restrictive. Um, you know, a cup was baked in the cake, as you said, sixth in the cycle, fifth back to back, rates at two and a half percent on the deposit rate from a four percent peak. So the implication of uh of them you know describing uh or moving moving away from policies being uh restrictive would be that um a possible slowdown in the pace of cuts or a pause is coming, some even daring to think that uh this could be the last cut, at least for some time. In the event the ECB said monetary policy is becoming meaningfully less restrictive. as the uh as the as the interest rate cuts are making new borrowing less expensive for firms and households and loan growth is picking up.
Now I guess in some sense you might say it's a statement of fact. You might even say that the choice of words suggests policy is still restrictive, albeit far less so. And I think it demonstrates this the division on the governing council where this line uh provides those with a more hawkish view an acknowledgement that policy has been eased quite some way, one hundred and fifty basis points, while on the other side, the doves it provides them with an acknowledgement that the view and perhaps buttressed by the idea that although loan growth is picking up, it's still from a low base and still very feeble, at least outside of mortgage borrowing, so, you know, businesses are still very hesitant to borrow.
So um you you you you could you could ascribe that hesitancy is is predicated on Europe's growth deficiency.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
Why is the ECB cutting rates while bond yields are rising?
0:02–1:46
2
What is the impact of the European leaders’ emergency defence meeting on markets?
1:46–4:40
3
How does the ECB’s upgraded 2025 inflation forecast affect rate‑cut expectations?
4:40–7:03
4
Why are tariffs considered a secondary risk compared with Europe’s defence spending?
7:03–9:01
5
What did Howard Lutnick say about possible tariff reprieves for Canada and Mexico?
9:01–11:22
6
How did pre‑tariff import surges influence North‑American trade balances?
11:22–13:47
7
Why are imported goods being taxed to fund domestic subsidies?
13:47–16:52
8
What are the episode’s main takeaways and upcoming economic releases?
16:52–18:00