ECB’s Villeroy: Should incorporate Euro appreciation into our policy decision

Source Fxstreet

European Central Bank (ECB) policymaker Francois Villeroy de Galhau said on Tuesday that they are in a good position on interest rate policy but noted that there is now more uncertainty following the Iran-Israel conflict.

Key takeaways

"We should incorporate Euro appreciation into our monetary policy decision."

"We need more agile pragmatism more than ever."

"We need a common calendar for the European economy and financial integration following the Draghi report."

"I fully support ECB President Christine Lagarde's idea of global role of Euro."

"We need deeper, more liquid, more integrated financial markets in Europe."

Market reaction

EUR/USD edges slightly lower following these comments and was last seen losing 0.25% on the day at 1.1535.

ECB FAQs

The European Central Bank (ECB) in Frankfurt, Germany, is the reserve bank for the Eurozone. The ECB sets interest rates and manages monetary policy for the region. The ECB primary mandate is to maintain price stability, which means keeping inflation at around 2%. Its primary tool for achieving this is by raising or lowering interest rates. Relatively high interest rates will usually result in a stronger Euro and vice versa. The ECB Governing Council makes monetary policy decisions at meetings held eight times a year. Decisions are made by heads of the Eurozone national banks and six permanent members, including the President of the ECB, Christine Lagarde.

In extreme situations, the European Central Bank can enact a policy tool called Quantitative Easing. QE is the process by which the ECB prints Euros and uses them to buy assets – usually government or corporate bonds – from banks and other financial institutions. QE usually results in a weaker Euro. QE is a last resort when simply lowering interest rates is unlikely to achieve the objective of price stability. The ECB used it during the Great Financial Crisis in 2009-11, in 2015 when inflation remained stubbornly low, as well as during the covid pandemic.

Quantitative tightening (QT) is the reverse of QE. It is undertaken after QE when an economic recovery is underway and inflation starts rising. Whilst in QE the European Central Bank (ECB) purchases government and corporate bonds from financial institutions to provide them with liquidity, in QT the ECB stops buying more bonds, and stops reinvesting the principal maturing on the bonds it already holds. It is usually positive (or bullish) for the Euro.

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