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ECB Insight: Hawkish Policy Move Likely to Be Offset by Dovish Rhetoric

ECB Insight: Hawkish Policy Move Likely to Be Offset by Dovish Rhetoric

By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – For the first time in a long time, Thursday’s monetary policy meeting of the European Central Bank’s Governing Council is an occasion on which the hawkish point of view stands a decent chance of prevailing.

7 September 2021 Central Bank News
ECB Brief: Preponderance of ECB Comments Suggest 4Q PEPP Deceleration Possible

ECB Brief: Preponderance of ECB Comments Suggest 4Q PEPP Deceleration Possible

By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – This is an overview of policy-relevant comments made in the last two weeks by European Central Bank Governing Council members, in particular such comments as may indicate how the speaker would regard a reduction in 4Q of the volume of pandemic emergency purchase programme (PEPP) purchases:

2 September 2021 Central Bank News
ECB Insight: Villeroy Leaves Little Doubt That Major Decisions to Need More Time

ECB Insight: Villeroy Leaves Little Doubt That Major Decisions to Need More Time

By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – With just days to go until the members of the European Central Bank’s Governing Council will presumably start observing the quiet period ahead of monetary policy meetings, Council member François Villeroy de Galhau has apparently confirmed that observers should not expect much from the September 9 gathering except, as he strongly hinted, a slowdown in the monthly asset purchase pace.

31 August 2021 Central Bank News