Euro: Fiscal stress and fewer ECB hikes weigh against US Dollar – BBH

Brown Brothers Harriman’s (BBH) Elias Haddad reports the Euro (EUR) is underperforming major currencies, with EUR/USD briefly hitting 1.1161, its lowest since May 2025. Elias Haddad flags France’s budget crisis spilling into wider Eurozone bond markets and complicating potential European Central Bank (ECB) Transmission Protection Instrument activation, leaving the Euro pressured by rising fiscal risk and expectations of a shallower ECB hiking cycle.