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By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – The following is a reasonably complete compendium of the most recent comments made by European Central Bank Governing Council members with respect to monetary policy. Updates are made on a periodic basis.
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde on Monday confirmed that the Governing Council would hike rates in July and strongly suggested that a second rate hike would take place in September.
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – German consumer price growth should average around 7% this year, but supply constraints could worsen considerably yet as China grapples with the pandemic, the German Bundesbank said on Monday in its latest monthly report.
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By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank interest rates can move out of negative territory, but the process must be gradual and it is not obvious how far it can go, ECB Governing Council member Ignazio Visco said on Friday.
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – Net asset purchases by the European Central Bank may end in June and a first rate hike could follow in July, ECB Governing Council member Joachim Nagel said on Friday.
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Vice President Luis de Guindos on Thursday said that the normalisation of monetary policy had to proceed ‘gradually and cautiously’.
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – The European Central Bank should fairly rapidly get its interest rates out of negative territory, Governing Council member Olli Rehn said on Wednesday.
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – It was only ever a matter of time before someone from the European Central Bank’s Governing Council publicly floated the potential need for the ECB to consider an outsized interest rate step. That Klaas Knot took it upon himself to do so is no shocker.
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – In the context of the ongoing communications blitz being waged by members of the European Central Bank’s Governing Council, the convergence of views is hard to overlook and important not to underestimate.