Economics
Lagarde Says ECB Keeping Eye on Euro Without Signaling Alarm
- Central bank leaves asset purchases, interest rates unchanged
- Currency surged as president spoke and is near a two-year high
This article is for subscribers only.
European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde said the surging euro must be monitored for its impact on prices, but she didn’t signal any pressing need to adjust monetary policy. The currency jumped to the highest in more than a week.
Speaking after the ECB kept its pandemic bond-buying program unchanged at 1.35 trillion euros ($1.61 trillion) and the deposit rate at -0.5%, Lagarde said officials will “carefully assess incoming information, including developments in the exchange rate, with regard to its implications for the medium-term inflation outlook.”