by Ryan Littlestone | July 11th, 2019, 17:18:59 | Research
Fixed Income Research & Macro Strategy (FIRMS) – 10 July 2019 European Central Bank President Mario Draghi will step down at the end of his eight-year term on 31 October. Christine Lagarde, the head of the IMF – which has implicitly called for looser global...
by Ryan Littlestone | January 24th, 2019, 14:37:09 | Central Banks, ECB, News
Highlights from the January 2019 ECB press conference 24 January 2019 Opening remarks. Incoming information has continued to be weaker than expected Geopolitical and protectionist factors weighing Rising wages underpins inflation pressures Significant stimulus still...
by Ryan Littlestone | December 13th, 2018, 14:32:38 | Central Banks, ECB, News
Highlights of the ECB press conference following the December 2018 ECB governing council meeting 13 December 2018 Opening remarks; Incoming data were weaker than expected Weaker data reflects softer external demands Inflation will continue to converge after buying...
by Ryan Littlestone | October 25th, 2018, 13:29:49 | Central Banks, ECB, News
Highlights of the ECB press conference 25 October 2018 ECB decision Statement highlights; ECB expects QE to end in December Stimulus is still needed Economic data came in somewhat weaker than expected ECB can adjust policy as needed Still see broad based economic...
by K-man | June 14th, 2018, 10:31:07 | Central Banks, ECB
ECB forecast 14.06.2018 A few quick bullet points and thoughts about what’s possible with Super Mario. Do we detect an annoyed smile to have to announce something? 😉 Rates unchanged. I expect Mario to emphasise this if he needs to announce the September end of...