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ECB’s Mersch: If Financial Tensions Ease, No Need to Exhaust PEPP

ECB’s Mersch: If Financial Tensions Ease, No Need to Exhaust PEPP

By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (EconoStream) – Were financial market tensions to dissipate sufficiently, the European Central Bank would not need to deploy the full scope of its pandemic emergency purchase programme (PEPP), ECB Executive Board member Yves Mersch said Thursday.

25 June 2020 | Central Bank News
ECB Weekly Financial Statement - 23rd June 2020

ECB Weekly Financial Statement - 23rd June 2020

23rd June 2020 The ECB Weekly Financial Statement released today shows that the ECB received redemptions for the PEPP programme for the 3rd week running.  The amounts are still low (just €0.6bn).  The PSPP had larger redemptions at €6.3bn, meaning that...

23 June 2020 | Central Bank News
ECB’s Weidmann: There Are No Limits to Our Commitment to the Euro

ECB’s Weidmann: There Are No Limits to Our Commitment to the Euro

By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (EconoStream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Jens Weidmann said on Monday that he agreed with ECB President Christine Lagarde that there are no limits to monetary authorities’ commitment to the euro.

22 June 2020 | Central Bank News
ECB’s Panetta: Need Clearer Picture to Use More of Our Firepower

ECB’s Panetta: Need Clearer Picture to Use More of Our Firepower

By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (EconoStream) – The European Central Bank did not have a sufficiently clear picture ahead to deploy more of its firepower than it did at the June 4 meeting of the Governing Council, ECB Executive Board member Fabio Panetta said on Tuesday.

16 June 2020 | Central Bank News
ECB’s Panetta: Price Stability Mandate Dictated Adjustment of PEPP

ECB’s Panetta: Price Stability Mandate Dictated Adjustment of PEPP

By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (EconoStream) – The European Central Bank’s mandate to ensure price stability compelled its decision last week to adjust the parameters of the pandemic emergency purchase programme (PEPP), ECB Executive Board member Fabio Panetta said Friday.

12 June 2020 | Central Bank News
ECB’s de Guindos:  Medium-Term Financial Stability Risks Up Markedly

ECB’s de Guindos: Medium-Term Financial Stability Risks Up Markedly

By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (EconoStream) – The risks to medium-term financial stability have clearly grown and relate chiefly to bank profitability and public debt in the context of weak growth, European Central Bank Vice President Luis de Guindos said Wednesday.

10 June 2020 | Central Bank News
ECB’s Schnabel: Surveys Indicate TLTRO III Take-Up Around €1.4 Trn

ECB’s Schnabel: Surveys Indicate TLTRO III Take-Up Around €1.4 Trn

10th June 2020 By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (EconoStream) – The European Central Bank sees well over €1 trillion in demand for its targeted lending operations, ECB Executive Board member Isabel Schnabel said Wednesday. In remarks made at an online seminar...

10 June 2020 | Central Bank News