Euro zone bonds struggle for direction after US inflation data
LONDON, Aug 15 (Reuters) -Euro zone bonds were struggling for direction on Thursday after mild readings of U.S. inflation cleared the runway for the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates next month, but possibly not enough for a jumbo 50 basis-point reduction.
Germany's 10-year bond yield DE10YT=RR, the benchmark for the euro zone, was last up less than 1 basis point (bp) at 2.186%. Bonds yields move inversely with prices.
Euro zone yields have fallen sharply from multi-month highs in May as cooling inflation in Europe and the United States has opened the door for policy easing this year.
Traders on Thursday were expecting around 70 bps of further easing from the ECB this year, or almost three 25 bp moves, after a quarter-point rate cut in June to 3.75%.
Germany's two-year yield DE2YT=RR, which is more sensitive to changes in interest rate expectations, was also up less than 1 bp at 2.357%.
Italy's 10-year yield IT10YT=RR was down 0.5 bps at 3.56%, with the closely-watched spread between Italian and German 10-year yields DE10IT10=RR steady at 137 bps.
Reporting by Samuel Indyk
Editing by Ros Russell
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