by Ryan Littlestone | December 14th, 2017, 13:49:32 | Central Banks, ECB
ECB’s Mario Draghi answers questions on the latest ECB decision 14 December 2017 A downturn doesn’t seem likely today Forward guidance on the interest rate remains unchanged Size of corporate bond buys was not discussed The council is increasingly...
by Ryan Littlestone | December 14th, 2017, 13:35:55 | Central Banks, ECB
Opening statement from Mario Draghi following the December 2017 ECB governing council monetary policy meeting 14 December 2017 QE to run until we see a sustained inflation adjustment Reinvestments will help to deliver the appropriate stance Very favourable financing...
by Ryan Littlestone | November 20th, 2017, 14:01:18 | Central Banks, ECB
ECB head Mario Draghi speaking in EU parliament This is an opening statement at the start of an ECON hearing in EU parliament. The statement is, by and large, a c&p of the last ECB governing council meeting statement. Here’s the statement in...
by K-man | November 17th, 2017, 08:33:14 | Central Banks, ECB
Speech on “Europe into a New Era – How to Seize the Opportunities” in Frankfurt Increasing confidence the recovery is robust Momentum to continue No evidence ECB policy is doing harm to banks’ profitability We do see Inflation moving steadily away from the...
by Ryan Littlestone | October 26th, 2017, 12:17:46 | News
The euro is heading south and we may not have seen the last of it The ECB going €30bn for 9 months isn’t that dovish to me so I’m a bit perplexed by the move in EURUSD, even though at only 70 pips so far, it’s not breaking any new ground. However,...