Euro weakens below 1.1200 as traders brace for Fed, ECB rate decisions

The euro slipped below the 1.1200 level against the dollar as traders positioned ahead of upcoming monetary policy decisions from both the Federal Reserve and the European Central Bank. The move reflects a rate-differential channel: markets are weighing the relative path of policy rates, and expectations that the Fed may hold rates higher for longer compared with the ECB tend to support the dollar and weigh on the single currency. EUR/USD is the most directly exposed pair, while the ECB-sensitive segment of euro-area government bonds and the euro crosses against other G10 currencies may also see repricing as yield spreads shift. Traders will be watching the next Eurozone inflation print and the ECB's forward guidance on the timing of further easing, since any signal that the ECB is closer to cutting than the Fed would likely deepen the euro's pressure.

The Euro (EUR) is the currency of 20 European Union member states. Major EUR movers include ECB Governing Council decisions, Eurozone CPI prints, Bund/BTP spread events, and political risk from France, Germany and Italy.

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