Lagarde Reported to Leave ECB Before Term End, UK CPI Falls | The Opening Trade 2/18/2026
Bloomberg Television·2026-02-18 10:26
Good morning. It's Wednesday, the 18th. This is what is on our agenda.UK inflation data hits the terminal right now. Christine Lagarde is undecided on her departure date and Anthropic has a new model. So we keep an eye, of course, on the pound in the lead up to the inflation data.At 135, we have that softer wage inflation yesterday and markets pulling forward bets that the Bank of England could go further with rate cuts potentially as soon as March. European futures points in the gains of 2/10 of percent af ...