European Central Bank Governing Council member Erkki Liikanen said indicators measuring confidence among households and businesses are signaling the worst may be over for the economy of the euro area. “There are soft signs of the economy improving,” Liikanen, who also heads the Bank of Finland, said today in an interview on Helsinki-based television broadcaster MTV3. “The recovery is fragile and uncertain. The ECB supports growth with accommodative monetary policy.” The Frankfurt-based bank has kept its benchmark interest rate at a record low of 0.5 percent since May to buoy the 17-nation economy after pledging in ... (full story)