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ECB’s Villeroy: IMF’s European GDP Forecasts Too Pessimistic

ECB’s Villeroy: IMF’s European GDP Forecasts Too Pessimistic

By David Barwick – PARIS (EconoStream) – The latest growth forecasts of the International Monetary Fund are unduly gloomy with respect to Europe, European Central Bank Governing Council member François Villeroy de Galhau said Monday.

29 June 2020 Central Bank News
ECB’s Mersch: If Financial Tensions Ease, No Need to Exhaust PEPP

ECB’s Mersch: If Financial Tensions Ease, No Need to Exhaust PEPP

By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (EconoStream) – Were financial market tensions to dissipate sufficiently, the European Central Bank would not need to deploy the full scope of its pandemic emergency purchase programme (PEPP), ECB Executive Board member Yves Mersch said Thursday.

25 June 2020 Central Bank News
ECB Weekly Financial Statement - 23rd June 2020

ECB Weekly Financial Statement - 23rd June 2020

23rd June 2020 The ECB Weekly Financial Statement released today shows that the ECB received redemptions for the PEPP programme for the 3rd week running.  The amounts are still low (just €0.6bn).  The PSPP had larger redemptions at €6.3bn, meaning that...

23 June 2020 Central Bank News
ECB’s Weidmann: There Are No Limits to Our Commitment to the Euro

ECB’s Weidmann: There Are No Limits to Our Commitment to the Euro

By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (EconoStream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Jens Weidmann said on Monday that he agreed with ECB President Christine Lagarde that there are no limits to monetary authorities’ commitment to the euro.

22 June 2020 Central Bank News
ECB’s Panetta: Need Clearer Picture to Use More of Our Firepower

ECB’s Panetta: Need Clearer Picture to Use More of Our Firepower

By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (EconoStream) – The European Central Bank did not have a sufficiently clear picture ahead to deploy more of its firepower than it did at the June 4 meeting of the Governing Council, ECB Executive Board member Fabio Panetta said on Tuesday.

16 June 2020 Central Bank News
ECB’s Panetta: Price Stability Mandate Dictated Adjustment of PEPP

ECB’s Panetta: Price Stability Mandate Dictated Adjustment of PEPP

By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (EconoStream) – The European Central Bank’s mandate to ensure price stability compelled its decision last week to adjust the parameters of the pandemic emergency purchase programme (PEPP), ECB Executive Board member Fabio Panetta said Friday.

12 June 2020 Central Bank News
ECB’s Lane: Ready to Adjust Deposit Facility Rate if Necessary

ECB’s Lane: Ready to Adjust Deposit Facility Rate if Necessary

By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (EconoStream) – The European Central Bank is prepared to adjust its key policy rate or any other of its instruments if circumstances warrant, ECB Executive Board member Philip Lane said Thursday.

11 June 2020 Central Bank News