ECB’s Makhlouf: A rate cut is not the best tool to use in the current circumstances
|“Our view has been that a rate cut is not the best tool to use in the current circumstances,” said the European Central Bank (ECB) policymaker and Irish Central Bank Governor Gabriel Makhlouf said on Friday.
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“Financial crisis emerging from covid-19 shock still a remote possibility, system resilient.”
“From my perspective, evidence has not changed today that governing council needs to make new decisions.”
“Nothing is off the table; we have a pretty big tool kit.”
“If economies closed up again, I’m not sure it would exactly be as bad as April or May.”
EUR/USD holds higher ground
EUR/USD popped to a fresh daily high of 1.1721 on the above comments, now trading at 1.1717, up 0.09% on the day.
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