# Economic Bulletin Issue 8, 2019

> The ECB's Economic Bulletin 8/2019 reviews the December 12 decision to hold rates and reiterate forward guidance. It describes muted euro-area inflation, weak growth with early signs of stabilisation, and continued employment and wage growth.

- Date: 2019-12-27 · published 2019-12-27T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: macro · region Europe · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/55779-economic-bulletin-issue-8-2019
- Commodities: [Euro (USD per EUR)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/EURUSD.md)

## Why it matters

Weak euro-area growth and subdued inflation point to continued accommodative policy, which keeps the euro soft against the dollar. That has little direct effect on feed prices.

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| EURUSD | 2017-12-28 | [Economic Bulletin Issue 8, 2017](https://feedsoft.ai/events/67681-economic-bulletin-issue-8-2017.md) | +1.4% | +4.4% |
| EURUSD | 2016-12-22 | [Economic Bulletin Issue 8, 2016](https://feedsoft.ai/events/73655-economic-bulletin-issue-8-2016.md) | +0.6% | +3.1% |
| EURUSD | 2019-06-20 | [Economic Bulletin Issue 4, 2019](https://feedsoft.ai/events/58805-economic-bulletin-issue-4-2019.md) | +1.6% | +0.1% |
| EURUSD | 2017-03-23 | [Economic Bulletin Issue 2, 2017](https://feedsoft.ai/events/72200-economic-bulletin-issue-2-2017.md) | -0.4% | -0.9% |
| EURUSD | 2018-09-27 | [Economic Bulletin Issue 6, 2018](https://feedsoft.ai/events/63248-economic-bulletin-issue-6-2018.md) | -2.0% | -3.3% |

## Sources

- ecb.europa.eu: https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/economic-bulletin/html/eb201908.en.html

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