Colin Finlayson, co-manager of Aegon Asset Management Strategic Bond portfolios comments ahead of the ECB monetary policy decision today:
“Bond markets started this year focused on inflation and what that was going to mean for central banks. But that narrative has been turned completely on its head. We are now focusing on the escalating conflict within Ukraine and how this could change thinking at the ECB. The escalating conflict is going to have material macroeconomic implications in two mains ways.
“Firstly, inflation will remain higher for longer. The rapid increase in energy prices means already high levels of inflation will
“Bond markets started this year focused on inflation and what that was going to mean for central banks. But that narrative has been turned completely on its head. We are now focusing on the escalating conflict within Ukraine and how this could change thinking at the ECB. The escalating conflict is going to have material macroeconomic implications in two mains ways.
“Firstly, inflation will remain higher for longer. The rapid increase in energy prices means already high levels of inflation will
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