The reaction of Italian yields suggests the old constraints on the ECB’s monetary policy are still there. The ECB seems to have stopped believing in the Phillips curve: it would take a lot of macro deterioration to change the monetary policy trajectory. The Fed will likely hike by 50bps this week. Check by how much the unemployment rate moves in their “dot plot”.
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