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Account of the ECB monetary policy meeting
Mr Cœuré reviewed the latest financial market developments. Since the Governing Council’s monetary policy meeting on 24-25 January 2018, despite a short-lived and concentrated spike in market volatility, valuations across broad asset classes had remained consistent with continued optimism about the outlook for global growth. Real long-term yields had risen by around 30 basis points in the United States and 20 basis points in the euro area since the start of the year. While part of this movement reflected adjustments in term premia, it also likely reflected investors’ views on growth prospects, including the ... (full story)
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ECB frets over euro strength, trade war risk - minutes
European Central Bank policymakers gathering last month expressed concern over the risk of a full-fledged trade war with the United States and fretted over the potentially harmful impact of the euro’s strength, the minutes of meeting showed. With the euro zone economy growing for five straight years, policymakers are now debating how to wean the bloc off easy money and prepare investors for normalising policy a decade after the global financial crisis sent central banks into crisis mode. The ECB has so far moved by increments to dial back support. In March, it gave up a largely outdated pledge to raise asset buys ... (full story)
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