# Economic Bulletin Issue 6, 2018

> The ECB's Economic Bulletin reports that the euro area economy continues broad-based expansion with gradually rising inflation, though global momentum is expected to moderate. The bank says significant monetary stimulus is still needed and net asset purchases continue until year-end.

- Date: 2018-09-27 · published 2018-09-27T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: macro · region Global · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/63248-economic-bulletin-issue-6-2018
- Commodities: [Euro (USD per EUR)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/EURUSD.md)

## Why it matters

Continued ECB easing supports the euro's relative weakness against the dollar, which can affect EU feed import costs and competitiveness of US and Brazilian meal exports priced in dollars.

## Read by commodity

- EURUSD: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 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 | 2021-02-04 | [Economic Bulletin Issue 1, 2021](https://feedsoft.ai/events/48854-economic-bulletin-issue-1-2021.md) | +0.9% | +0.2% |
| EURUSD | 2019-04-29 | [Eurozone economic confidence at lowest since 2016 \| The National](https://feedsoft.ai/events/59796-eurozone-economic-confidence-at-lowest-since-2016-the-national.md) | +0.3% | +0.4% |
| EURUSD | 2020-12-10 | [ECB boosts economic stimulus package as Covid-19 hits recovery – The Irish Times](https://feedsoft.ai/events/49857-ecb-boosts-economic-stimulus-package-as-covid-19-hits-recovery-the-irish-times.md) | +0.8% | +0.7% |
| EURUSD | 2024-04-26 | [The euro and depreciation – shake, shake it off \| Oxford Economics](https://feedsoft.ai/events/30945-the-euro-and-depreciation-shake-shake-it-off-oxford-economics.md) | -0.1% | +1.0% |

## Sources

- ecb.europa.eu: https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/economic-bulletin/html/eb201806.en.html

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