Rise in interbank rates not due to ECB tiering

Suggestions that the recent rise in interbank rates was caused by the ECB’s new tiered interest rate system are wide of the mark. Instead, the increase reflects investors’ re-evaluation of the outlook for policy rates. They now anticipate a single 10 basis point rate cut next year, but we think that the ECB will go further.

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