Friday, June 19, 2015

Emergency EU summit called after no deal at Eurogroup

       Emergency EU summit called after no deal at Eurogroup

      EU leaders will hold an emergency summit on Monday ahead of the already planned for Jun.25-26 meeting. This comes after Eurogroup failed again to bridge the gap between Greece and its creditors.

      Talks now move to the highest political level.

      Without a deal, Greece is likely to default as it has a crucial payment due to the IMF end of June and the four months extension of the rescue program expires.

      ECB will hold an unscheduled call to discuss ELA available to Greek banks as savers speed up withdrawals (ECB raised Greece’s ELA level by 1,1bn on Wedn).

      Heightened concerns that Greece may need to introduce capital controls as the banks may not have enough liquidity to open on Monday. This could be EUR-negative.

      DAX futures, Eurostoxx 50 are also likely to come under increased selling pressure. 

      BoJ remains on hold, as expected

      Maintained its positive view of the economy.

      October still seems the most likely time for any further stimulus, in our view.

      The Bank will also reduce the number of its policy meetings from 14 to 8, starting from Jan. 2016, and issue more frequently its long-term economic outlook and prices.

      Today:

      Eurozone: Current account balance for April. Usually not major market mover. 

      Canada: CPI for May. The market is likely to focus on the core rate, which is expected to decelerate somewhat. This could be CAD-negative. 


      Speakers: San Francisco Fed President John Williams, Cleveland Fed President Loretta Mester and Norges Bank Governor Oeystein Olsen. 

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