There are plenty of central bank speakers throughout the day though, with no less than four regional Fed heads speaking at various venues: Thomas Barkin, Raphael Bostic, Loretta Mester and Patrick Harker. Fed Vice Chair for Supervision Michael Barr also testifies before the Senate.
European Central Bank (ECB) speakers include Vice President Luis de Guindos, Bank of Spain Governor Pablo Hernandez de Cos, and Bank of Portugal boss Mario Centeno. Megan Greene takes the podium for the Bank of England (BoE) to talk about Britain’s labour market.
Market folk still see the ECB as likely the first among the biggest global central banks to cut rates, with June all but locked in by traders. The BoE could follow in just a matter of days though, with its June 20 policy decision a coin toss.
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