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By Marta Vilar – WASHINGTON (Econostream) - Following is the full transcript of the interview conducted by Econostream on 23 October with Mário Centeno, Governor of the Banco de Portugal and member of the Governing Council of the European Central Bank:
By Marta Vilar – WASHINGTON (Econostream) – The European Central Bank must remain open on the size of a potential December cut, which will be driven by the imperative of not undershooting the ECB's inflation target, Governing Council member Mário Centeno said last Wednesday.
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Vice President Luis de Guindos said on Tuesday that the ECB would keep ‘all options open’ at future Governing Council meetings regarding the number and the magnitude of interest rate cuts.
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Vice President Luis de Guindos on Monday said that euro area disinflation was proceeding well, though was subject to considerable risks.
By David Barwick – WASHINGTON (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Mário Centeno on Saturday warned once more of the danger of overly tight ECB monetary policy.
By David Barwick – WASHINGTON (Econostream) – The European Central Bank should probably undershoot its 2% price stability target at least initially, Governing Council member Robert Holzmann said Saturday.
By Marta Vilar – WASHINGTON (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Joachim Nagel said on Saturday that the ECB should avoid acting too quickly and that the meeting-by-meeting approach had worked well.
By Marta Vilar – WASHINGTON (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Klaas Knot said on Saturday that inflation numbers could fall more quickly than what the ECB had anticipated in the near term.
By Marta Vilar – WASHINGTON (Econostream) – European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde said on Friday that the Eurozone economy might have weakened further in the second part of 2024 due to geopolitical factors.
By Marta Vilar – WASHINGTON (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member François Villeroy de Galhau said on Friday that even though the decades-long decline of r* had stopped, the neutral rate was still significantly lower than the current level of euro area interest rates.