# The euro area hiking cycle: an interim assessment

> ECB Executive Board member Philip Lane delivered an interim assessment of the euro area's rate hiking cycle at the NIESR in London. He reviewed the projected effects of tightening on the financial system, economy and inflation, noting long lags in transmission.

- Date: 2023-03-01 · published 2023-03-01T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: macro · region Europe · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/37541-the-euro-area-hiking-cycle-an-interim-assessment
- Commodities: [Euro (USD per EUR)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/EURUSD.md)

## Why it matters

The analysis reinforces that rate hikes will continue to work through the economy with lags, a background factor for euro strength and dollar-priced commodities.

## Read by commodity

- EURUSD: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| EURUSD | 2019-12-12 | [EUR & ECB: The funding characteristic of the euro still intact \| articles \| ING THINK](https://feedsoft.ai/events/55781-eur-and-ecb-the-funding-characteristic-of-the-euro-still-intact-articles-ing.md) | +0.2% | +0.2% |
| EURUSD | 2020-01-23 | [EUR & the ECB: The good, boring funding currency \| articles \| ING THINK](https://feedsoft.ai/events/55291-eur-and-the-ecb-the-good-boring-funding-currency-articles-ing-think.md) | -0.7% | -2.6% |
| EURUSD | 2021-12-07 | [Forex: where next for the Euro as inflation surges to 4.9%? \| IG International](https://feedsoft.ai/events/43833-forex-where-next-for-the-euro-as-inflation-surges-to-4-9-ig-international.md) | +0.1% | +0.5% |
| EURUSD | 2021-02-09 | [Euroflation: the EUR reflation trade and its market implications \| articles \| ING THINK](https://feedsoft.ai/events/48857-euroflation-the-eur-reflation-trade-and-its-market-implications-articles-ing.md) | +0.5% | -1.3% |
| EURUSD | 2024-05-15 | [Watch: Why a rate-cutting ECB won’t be too worried about the euro \| ING THINK](https://feedsoft.ai/events/30473-watch-why-a-rate-cutting-ecb-won-t-be-too-worried-about-the-euro-ing-think.md) | +0.3% | +0.2% |

## Sources

- ecb.europa.eu: https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/key/date/2023/html/ecb.sp230216_1~f8cf2cd689.en.html

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