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The ECB held its January 21 press conference and kept ample monetary stimulus in place. Lagarde described the pandemic as posing serious risks, with output likely contracted in Q4 2020 and inflation very low.
The statement confirmed the bank's previous baseline view of a protracted weakness in inflation.
Persistent ECB stimulus and low inflation keep the policy backdrop accommodative, which can weaken the euro and affect currency-driven demand for dollar-priced feed ingredients. The outcome matched expectations, so the price impact is limited.
ecb.europa.euEuropean Central BankJan 21, 2021After 129 past neutral macro events, Euro (USD per EUR) moved a median -0.1% over 5 sessions (45% higher; middle half -0.5% to +0.5%), and +0.1% over 20.
Moves of each commodity's benchmark from the last close before the event. Historical reads pool past events of the same kind; they describe what happened, not what will. Not investment advice.
