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The euro EURUSD-.00% fell to its lowest level against the dollar in about two years on Friday, in part as a weak U.S. payrolls report prompted a flight to safety.
But it was also a continuation of the euro’s decline Thursday after the European Central Bank cut interest rates – basically doing the minimum required – which sent a big warning signal about the region’s sovereign debt crisis.
“The ECB really disappointed,” said Steven Englander, head of G-10 strategy at Citigroup.
“There’s a recognition that if it was that easy to solve Europe’s problems by cutting 25 basis points, they would have done it a long time ago. They did what was easy for them as a central bank and didn’t do anything that would help the economy and sovereign issues.”
The move easily wiped out the gains made after the pleasant surprise to last week’s European Union Summit, when officials surpassed the low bar markets set for them.
“The euro is going to continue to drift down,” Englander said. “It’s the same issue after every summit: there’s an agreement in principle and then everyone adds up how much it’s going to cost” and it comes unraveled.
“Even though they’re now more willing to take measures than they were a year or two ago, now that the problem has spilled over to Spain and Italy, not only are the costs higher but they’re loaded on smaller shoulders” because that removes two of the biggest economies in the euro zone from paying for a the bailout if they themselves need the assistance.
About a third of euro zone nations are rated below investment grade or close, and a third are AAA, Englander said. The rest are more ambiguous, and investors think they can go either way.
“That’s why the reaction to the ECB was so negative. To many economists, the clear answer for easing the burden is by the ECB being more proactive.”
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After Lehman Brother’s bankruptcy, what it took to avoid all-out contagion was a blank check, Englander said. “In Europe, we see an absolute unwillingness by central banks or governments in stronger fiscal situations to give a blank check.”
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But it was also a continuation of the euro’s decline Thursday after the European Central Bank cut interest rates – basically doing the minimum required – which sent a big warning signal about the region’s sovereign debt crisis.
“The ECB really disappointed,” said Steven Englander, head of G-10 strategy at Citigroup.
“There’s a recognition that if it was that easy to solve Europe’s problems by cutting 25 basis points, they would have done it a long time ago. They did what was easy for them as a central bank and didn’t do anything that would help the economy and sovereign issues.”
The move easily wiped out the gains made after the pleasant surprise to last week’s European Union Summit, when officials surpassed the low bar markets set for them.
“The euro is going to continue to drift down,” Englander said. “It’s the same issue after every summit: there’s an agreement in principle and then everyone adds up how much it’s going to cost” and it comes unraveled.
“Even though they’re now more willing to take measures than they were a year or two ago, now that the problem has spilled over to Spain and Italy, not only are the costs higher but they’re loaded on smaller shoulders” because that removes two of the biggest economies in the euro zone from paying for a the bailout if they themselves need the assistance.
About a third of euro zone nations are rated below investment grade or close, and a third are AAA, Englander said. The rest are more ambiguous, and investors think they can go either way.
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