-- コメルツ銀行は月曜日のレポート「ヨーロピアン・サンライズ」で以下の点を強調した。 市場:米国債先物とドイツ国債先物はギャップダウン後、安定。米国債利回り曲線はベアフラット化、10年債利回りは2ベーシスポイント上昇。Eミニ先物は下落して寄り付き、アジア株は小幅上昇。ドル指数は金曜日の下落幅を上回り、ユーロは1.176ドルまで下落。ブレント原油は1バレル96ドルまで急騰。 FRB:クリストファー・ウォラーFRB理事は、インフレへの長期的な影響リスクを理由に、利下げには慎重な姿勢を示した。サンフランシスコ連銀のメアリー・デイリー総裁は、金利を据え置けばインフレ抑制効果は維持されると述べた。 ホルムズ海峡:イランは、米国によるイラン港湾封鎖が続く限り、船舶航行制限を再導入した。米国はイラン船籍の貨物船に乗り込んだ。 イラン戦争:ドナルド・トランプ大統領は、米国代表団が交渉のためパキスタンに戻ると述べ、イランのインフラに対する大規模攻撃の脅威を改めて表明し、戦争は「終結間近」だという自身の発言を堅持した。イランは新たな米国との協議に参加する予定はなく、見通しも立っていない(国営テレビ)が、不参加の決定が最終的なものかどうかは不明である。 UAE:アラブ首長国連邦は、米国に対し、外貨スワップラインのような戦時金融支援を要請した(ウォール・ストリート・ジャーナル)。 ==欧州: ECB:欧州中央銀行(ECB)理事会(GC)メンバーのマルティンス・カザクス氏は、物資不足によって経済が景気後退に近づく場合、インフレ圧力は大幅に弱まるため、次回の利上げは必ずしも確実ではないと述べた。GCメンバーのアレクサンダー・デマルコ氏は、もう少し待つよりも「利上げを急ぐ方がリスクが大きい」と述べた。両メンバーとも、市場が年内に2回の利上げを予想していることに異論はない。欧州委員会委員のマルティン・コッハー氏は、先制的な金利措置に警鐘を鳴らした。 EU外交官らは、イランとの拙速な枠組み合意が不十分な約束を固定化し、新たな紛争を引き起こし、地域を以前よりも不安定化させる恐れがあると懸念している(ロイター)。 ブルガリア:ロシアへの制裁とウクライナへの軍事支援に反対するルーメン・ラデフ前大統領が議会で絶対多数を獲得。ラデフ氏は、安価なエネルギーがなければ競争力を維持できないため、欧州は資源確保の方法を検討する必要があると述べた。 格付け:ムーディーズはベルギーの格付けをAa3からA1に引き下げ、見通しをネガティブから安定的に変更。リトアニアの格付けはA2/安定的を維持。DBRSはイタリアとスロバキアの格付けをA(低)/安定的、EUの格付けをAAA/安定的と維持した。
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