{"id":553167,"date":"2026-03-20T16:37:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T16:37:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/553167\/"},"modified":"2026-03-20T16:37:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T16:37:07","slug":"euro-slumps-on-energy-shock-concerns-tradingview-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/553167\/","title":{"rendered":"Euro Slumps on Energy Shock Concerns \u2014 TradingView News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\">The euro retreated to $1.156 by the close of a volatile week, as investors flocked to the US dollar amid deepening inflation fears tied to the Iran conflict\u2019s energy shock.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Brent crude surged back to multi-year highs following attacks on Middle East refineries, while reports suggested the Trump administration may target Iran\u2019s Kharg Island.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Against this backdrop, traders ramped up bets on ECB tightening, with money markets now pricing in at least two rate hikes in 2026 and a potential third.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The central bank held rates steady on Thursday but raised its inflation outlook while cutting growth forecasts, citing escalating risks from the Middle East crisis.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">ECB policymaker Joachim Nagel signaled a possible rate rise as soon as next month if price pressures persist, while Francois Villeroy de Galhau underscored the bank\u2019s readiness to take decisive action.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The euro retreated to $1.156 by the close of a volatile week, as investors flocked to the US&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":366708,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[64,63,99,164],"class_list":["post-553167","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-economy","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-business","tag-economy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/553167","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=553167"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/553167\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/366708"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=553167"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=553167"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=553167"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}