ECB’s Lane: Monetary policy should not remain restrictive for too long
|Speaking to Les Echos on Monday, European Central Bank (ECB) Chief Economist Philip Lane said that “monetary policy should not remain restrictive for too long.”
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The job is not done yet on inflation, services prices still need to come down.
Inflation is close to the 2% target.
Barring new geopolitical or political risks, a large part of the final stage in bringing inflation back to 2% target will be completed next year.
Monetary policy must respond to both downside and upside risks to inflation.
We have been clear that we are moving on a meeting-by-meeting basis.
Don't see spread fragmentation that would dissuade investors for the time being.
Market reaction
EUR/USD continues to hold sizeable gains at around 1.0465, at the time of writing, up 0.48% on a daily basis.
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