The following is a compendium of comments made by European Central Bank Governing Council members very directly related to monetary policy’s next steps. We only include forward-looking comments made recently enough to be current. Updates are made on a periodic basis. This version supersedes the one published on 29 July, to which we have added comments by ECB Latvijas Banka Governor Mārtiņš Kazāks. ‘We will keep raising rates for as long as necessary to bring inflation down to our target over the medium term. We also recognise that Europe is facing great uncertainty, not least over the war and energy prices. As the ... (full story)