Mario Draghi, President of the ECB, is responding to questions from the press with key quotes, via Reuters, found below.
- Needs to see monetary policy case for new TLTROs.
- We don’t expect the stock of eurozone government bonds to increase in the future.
- Pressure on rates will lessen by itself, liquidity will remain abundant into next decade.
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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).