As Bank of Italy Governor, Fabio Panetta is also a member of the European Central Bank Governing Council. On Saturday he spoke at a news conference at the end of the G7 finance leaders meeting saying that he sees "a fairly general consensus has emerged on the possibility of a rate cut".
We've certainly been getting a consensus out of ECB officials that a June cut is happening, these are from Friday:
- ECB's Nagel: The probability of a June rate cut is increasingECB's Nagel: The probability of a June rate cut is increasing
- As Justin said on Nagel: For one of the more hawkish members, the headline comment is pretty much a concession that they will cut rates in two weeks' time.
- ECB's Schnabel: A June rate cut is likely
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