Euro slips after German inflation data
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By Stefano Rebaudo and Rae Wee
Aug 29 (Reuters) -The euro fell versus the dollar after German inflation data led investors to increase their bets on the European Central Bank interest rate easing cycle.
Inflation fell in six important German states in August, preliminary data showed on Thursday, suggesting that national inflation could decline noticeably this month.
Spain's inflation fell to its slowest pace in a year.
The single currency EUR=EBS dropped 0.4% to $1.1077, having traded at $1.1128 before the German figures. It hit a 13-month high on Friday at $1.1201.
Money markets priced in 67 basis points of ECB rate cuts in 2024 EURESTECBM3X4=ICAP, from around 63 bps before the data.
Investors now await Friday's release of the U.S. core personal consumption expenditures (PCE) price index — the Federal Reserve's preferred measure of inflation — which could provide clues about the rate outlook in the U.S.
They were cautious on the single currency ahead of elections in Germany's three eastern states as two parties - one far-right and one economically far-left - are polling together between 40% and 50%.
"The results from Thuringia may come as a negative shock to euro watchers, who have tended to be sensitive to political developments that point to uncertain political outlooks on the continent," said Thierry Wizman, global forex and rates strategist at Macquarie.
Thuringia and Saxony vote on Sept. 1, and Brandenburg follows on Sept. 22.
"Possible consequences include drastic changes in regional policies, a break-up of the national coalition, a change in national fiscal policy and a reorientation of Germany's EU and foreign policy, in descending order of likelihood," said Christian Schulz deputy chief European economist at Citi.
In the broader market, the dollar rose after the German data, after bouncing on Wednesday.
The greenback has fallen some 2.9% for the month thus far =USD, putting it on track for its steepest monthly decline in nine months.
U.S. RATE CUTS
Investor bets for imminent U.S. rate cuts were further cemented by Fed Chair Jerome Powell's remarks at Jackson Hole last week that the "time has come" to cut rates, joining a chorus of Fed policymakers.
Some analysts said that the dollar reaction to Powell was overdone as, while his explicit rate cut guidance had some significance, investors had already fully priced in around 100 basis points of monetary easing well before Jackson Hole.
Markets have fully priced in a 25 basis point rate cut from the Fed next month, with a 34.5% chance of an outsized 50 bp reduction, according to the CME FedWatch tool.
The dollar index was last 0.28% higher at 101.29, having fallen to a 13-month low of 100.51 on Tuesday.
Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta President Raphael Bostic on Wednesday said it may be "time to move" on rate cuts, but he wanted to be sure before pulling that trigger.
The kiwi NZD=D3 was a notable outperformer, scaling an eight-month high of $0.6295 after a survey showed New Zealand's business confidence jumped in August to the highest level in a decade. It was last up 0.50% at $0.6275.
"Business confidence has lifted sharply in the wake of the Reserve Bank's turnaround on monetary policy," said Michael Gordon, a senior economist at Westpac in New Zealand.
The Reserve Bank of New Zealand had earlier this month delivered its first rate cut in more than four years and signalled more to come.
The Australian dollar AUD=D3 hovered near an eight-month top, gaining 0.27% to $0.6803.
The yen was little changed at 144.67 per dollar JPY=EBS and was eyeing a 3.7% gain for the month.
Policymakers at the Bank of Japan (BOJ) have signalled that the central bank would continue to raise interest rates if inflation stayed on course.
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Reporting by Stefano Rebaudo and Rae Wee; editing by Shri Navaratnam and Alex Richardson
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