Meeting of 29-30 April 2026 Account of the monetary policy meeting of the Governing Council of the European Central Bank
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Although upside risks had moderated, oil was priced significantly higher, over an extended period of time, than it had been before the start of the war in the Middle East. As a result, markets continued to price in a notable and sustained inflationary impact. Inflation fixings had increased further for both 2026 and 2027. This suggested that investors anticipated some indirect or second-round effects extending beyond the first year of the conflict, before inflation was expected to return to the target of 2% in 2028. At the same time, markets continued to expect the economy to be relatively resilient. Prices of risk assets, including equities, as well as sovereign and corporate bond spreads, and the exchange rate of the euro had moved back towards the levels observed prior to the conflict. Source: ecb.europa.eu |
June 23, 2026-Key Takeaways
China supplied nearly a quarter of all EU imports in Q1 2026, making it the bloc's largest foreign supplier.
The U.S. remained the EU's biggest export market despite exports falling more than 30% from a year earlier.
The EU runs a large trade deficit with China but a sizable surplus with the United States.
June 19, 2026--Defiance has expanded its European ETF lineup with the launch of the Defiance Memory UCITS ETF (ticker: DRAM).
The ETF seeks to provide exposure to companies involved in the development, manufacturing, commercialisation, and storage of memory semiconductors and data storage systems.
In the U.S., memory-focused ETFs have gathered around $20 billion in assets under management (AUM).1
June 19, 2026--The Invesco Global Government Bond UCITS ETF invests worldwide in fixed-income government bonds from developed and emerging markets with investment-grade ratings. Two distributing share classes are offered, one of which is currency-hedged.
June 18, 2026--The Janus Henderson US Transformational Growth High Conviction Equity UCITS ETF is actively managed and invests in a portfolio of around 20 to 30 US companies.
June 18, 2026- HANetf lists 8 additional ETF/ETP products on the Warsaw Stock Exchange, expanding its listed range in Poland from two to 10 products.
The listings increase the total number of ETPs on the Warsaw Stock Exchange Main Market from 28 to 36, expanding the market by almost a third.