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By Marta Vilar – S’AGARÓ, SPAIN (Econostream) – European Central Bank Vice President Luis de Guindos said on Friday that the December monetary policy meeting of the ECB Governing Council would deliver just ‘one more step’ on the downward trajectory of interest rates.
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Yannis Stournaras on Friday said that a 25bp cut was the most probable outcome of the ECB’s next monetary policy meeting.
By Marta Vilar – S’AGARÓ, SPAIN (Econostream) – European Central Bank Vice President Luis de Guindos said on Friday that the latest Eurozone CPI data were positive and consistent with the ECB’s projections.
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – It is no surprise that on Thursday, the day French sovereign spreads surpassed Greece’s, European Central Bank Governing Council member François Villeroy de Galhau publicly reaffirmed his devotion to a more dovish monetary policy stance.
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Executive Board member Philip Lane on Thursday said that countries acting together stood the best chance of rising to the challenge of the diverse structural changes underway.
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member François Villeroy de Galhau on Thursday said that the ECB should cut at the next monetary policy meeting and leave itself the option to do so at subsequent ones as well.
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Klaas Knot on Thursday said that disinflation in the euro area so far had been fast and fairly straightforward.
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – The European Central Bank may be able to cut interest rates further, but only gradually, according to Governing Council member Pierre Wunsch on Wednesday.
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) - European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde on Thursday said that the impact on Europe of a trade war could be slightly inflationary on balance in the short run.
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) - European Central Bank Executive Board member Isabel Schnabel said on Wednesday that the ECB should be wary of cutting rates into accommodative territory.