Bank of America: ECB interest rates are expected to fall to 1.5% by September
Investment-grade credit investors expect the ECB to cut interest rates slightly less than high-yield credit investors, according to the Bank of America Credit Investor Survey. As many as 41 percent of investment-grade credit investors expect the ECB's deposit rate to end at 2 percent and 37 percent of high-yield credit investors expect it to end at 1.75 percent, the survey showed. Bank of America analysts expect deposit rates to fall to a low of 1.5 percent by September. The ECB's deposit rate currently stands at 2.75 percent.