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They Said It - Recent Comments of ECB Governing Council Members

By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – The following is an overview of recent comments made by European Central Bank Governing Council members. We include only comments made since the Governing Council meeting of 14 September, but earlier comments can still be seen in versions up to that of 11 September .

2 October 2023

ECB’s de Cos: ‘Might Be a Case for Increasing Releasable Buffers’

By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Pablo Hernández de Cos on Monday indicated receptiveness to implementing macroprudential policy more flexibly, in particular so as to release buffers in times of stress and thus support lending.

2 October 2023

ECB Insight: De Guindos Attempts to Beat Back Dovish Expectations

By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – The European Central Bank must have realised when it chose to hike rates on 14 September that a move of such dubious necessity at this stage of the tightening cycle would inevitably give rise to a need for interviews like that of Vice President Luis de Guindos on Monday.

2 October 2023

They Said It - Recent Comments of ECB Governing Council Members

By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – The following is an overview of recent comments made by European Central Bank Governing Council members. We include only comments made since the Governing Council meeting of 14 September, but earlier comments can still be seen in versions up to that of 11 September .

27 September 2023

ECB’s Lagarde: Inflation Expected to Remain Too High for Too Long

By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde on Monday said that inflation was expected to remain too high for too long, but that key interest rates were now at levels that, if kept there long enough, would help restore price stability.

25 September 2023