Draghi Speech Live - Bank for International Settlements press conference
The ECB President Mario Draghi will be delivering a prepared speech as chair of the Group of Governors and Heads of Supervision (GHOS) in a press conference by the Bank for International Settlements, hosted at the European Central Bank in Frankfurt at 16:00 GMT.
Key notes
EUR/USD steady below 1.1800 on US data.
EUR/USD remains entrenched into the negative territory so far this week although it seems to have found decent contention in the 1.1775/70 band for the time being.
Eurozone on a growth path - Westpac.
Most surveys, especially confidence, and activity data continue to point towards strong Eurozone growth but, two key releases undershot expectations in the past week, points out Tim Riddell, Research Analyst at Westpac.
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).
Author
Eren Sengezer
FXStreet
As an economist at heart, Eren Sengezer specializes in the assessment of the short-term and long-term impacts of macroeconomic data, central bank policies and political developments on financial assets.
