Draghi speech: Protracted slowdown more marked than expected
Following the European Central Bank's (ECB) decision to lower its rate on the deposit facility by -10 basis points to -0.5% and start a monthly open-ended asset purchases of €20 billion, Mario Draghi, President of the ECB, is now responding to questions from the press with key quotes, via Reuters, found below.
"Protracted slowdown more marked than expected."
"Our scenario doesn't reflect the probability of a hard Brexit."
"Baseline doesn't include trade tension escalation."
"Governments with fiscal space should act."
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).
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