Mario Draghi, President of the ECB, is now responding to questions from the press with key quotes, via Reuters, found below.
- We haven’t discussed QE extension.
- QE is a monetary policy measure, it’s not aimed at specific countries.
- We respect ruling from the Supreme court of Spain on stamp duty on mortgages.
- We haven’t discussed what we are going to do next (after end of APP).
- We think we still have tools in toolbox for different contingencies
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EUR/JPY sticks to modest recovery gains, above 128.00 mark post-ECB.
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About Mario Draghi
The European Central Bank’s president Mario Draghi was born in 1947 in Rome, Italy. Graduated of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Draghi became the president of the European Central Bank in 2011. As part of his job in the Governing Council he gives press conferences in the back of how the ECB observes the current European economy. President’s comments may determine positive or negative the Euro’s trend in the short-term. Usually, if he shows a hawkish outlook, that is seen as positive (or bullish) for the EUR, while a dovish is seen as negative (or bearish).
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