• ECB's Governing Council member Stournaras: Investors shouldn’t expect premature interest-rate increases from ECB as it plots its exit from pandemic stimulus, - Bloomberg TV

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7 October 2021

ECB's Governing Council member Stournaras: Investors shouldn’t expect premature interest-rate increases from ECB as it plots its exit from pandemic stimulus, - Bloomberg TV

  • Bets that ECB’s first hike will happen around mid-2023 “are not in accordance with our forward guidance”
  • ECB will try to avoid any disruption after the end of its EUR 1.85 trillion emergency debt-buying program
  • Asset purchases aim at favorable financing conditions, at smooth transition of monetary policy to prevent any kind of fragmentation in jurisdictions in euro area; I’m sure that Governing Council will continue to aim at this
  • ECB will review policy alternatives in December
  • Inflation forecasts are lower for eurozone than in U.S. and in UK; it’s natural that we’re in different phase of monetary policy
  • I will not rush to say that we have stagflation now
  • ECB's forecasts point to inflation slowdown to below its 2% target next year

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