Lagarde faces greatest challenge yet as ECB battles the bond market
The European Central Bank supremo has a tough task returning the struggling eurozone economy to the right track
Crunch time is here for Christine Lagarde.
The President of the European Central Bank faces an unenviable cocktail of economic and financial risks, and must respond convincingly at tomorrow’s policy meeting.
The euro has fallen back against the dollar, potentially adding to inflationary pressure.
Borrowing costs are rising in financial markets, spurred on by US President Joe Biden’s mega-stimulus spending package, hitting indebted governments and businesses.
So far the ECB has not increased the pace of bond purchases in response, making market-watchers twitchy.
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Share of electronic trading remains low but host of factors promise to change that for good Print this page
Good things are meant to come to those who wait. Those waiting for greater electronification of over-the-counter foreign exchange options have been waiting unusually long, but good things are finally on the horizon.
The $297.5 billion market is dominated by voice trading. The reasons include the products’ inherent complexity, lack of standardisation
and low volatility, as well as the market’s relatively small size.
Some hurdles to electronic trading of OTC FX options are structural and are
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