EU-Italy Standoff Intensifies

The European Union is extremely frustrated with Italy and now decided to express their frustration with economic estimates. The European Commission released a report with their estimates for GDP growth across the EU and stated that it currently expect the Italian GDP to expand at 1.2% in 2019. This is below the Italian government’s GDP estimate which shows a growth rate of 1.5%. According to the European Commission report, Italy’s debt-to-GDP ratio will increase to 2.9% in 2019 and to 3.1% in 2020 while rejecting Italy’s estimate for a debt-to-GDP ratio of 2.4%.

The report further stated that due to an expected increase in Italian government borrowing costs, its outlook faces “high uncertainty amid intensified downside risks” which further divided the EU from Italy. Lorenzo Codogno, a London School of Economics Visiting Professor who used to be the Chief Economists at the Italian Ministry of Economy and Finance, added that “Even the EU forecasts themselves look too optimistic. The impact of higher borrowing costs on the banks’ loan rates is set to limit economic growth even further.”

The European Commission also labeled Italy as one of the “high-debt Euro area countries where disruptive sovereign-bank loops could also re-emerge in case of doubts about the quality and sustainability of public finances.” The EU has asked Italy to revise its budget and submit it by the November 13th deadline. Italian Finance Minister Giovanni Tria confirmed that the Italian government has not prepared to revise it budget, but added that it will seek a dialogue with the European Commission.

With Italian bond yields rising, how will the Euro react to a deeper standoff between the EU and Italy? Latest Eurozone economic data points to a steeper slowdown in the Eurozone economy which continues to pressure the Euro, especially after the ECB is expected to exit its quantitative easing program next month. Open your PaxForex Trading Account now and join our growing community of profitable forex traders!

It is unlikely that both sides will come to an agreement by the November 13th deadline as Italy’s government commented on numerous occasions that it will serve the Italian people first and not Brussels. EU Economic Commissioner Pierre Moscovici added earlier today that “I hope we will come up with a common solution, but if you’re talking about splitting things down the middle, I don’t see how that’s possible. We need to get closer together, but we need to respect the rules.” As the EU-Italy standoff intensifies, take a look at these three forex trades in order to intensify your profits!

Forex Profit Set-Up #1; Buy EURUSD - W1 Time-Frame

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Forex Profit Set-Up #2; Sell EURGBP - W1 Time-Frame

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Forex Profit Set-Up #3; Buy EURCAD - W1 Time-Frame

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