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In an interview with Deutschlandfunk early Friday, European Central Bank (ECB) policymaker and Bundesbank President Joachim Nagel said that the “core inflation is also going in the right direction.” Additional quotes Expect to reach our inflation goal at the end of next year. On EU competition proposals: Mario Draghi is correct on a lot of points. We must come together as Eeuropeans to overcome weak investment. Market reaction These comments fail to move the needle around the Euro, as the EUR/USD pair keeps its range at around 1.1080, up 0.08% on the day, at the press time. ECB FAQs The European Central Bank (ECB) in Frankfurt, Germany, is the reserve bank for the Eurozone. The ECB sets interest rates and manages monetary policy for the region. The ECB primary mandate is to maintain price stability, which means keeping inflation at around 2%. Its primary tool for achieving this is by raising or lowering interest rates. Relatively high interest rates will usually result in a stronger Euro and vice versa. The ECB Governing Council makes monetary policy decisions at meetings held eight times a year. Decisions are made by heads of the Eurozone national banks and six permanent members, including the President of the ECB, Christine Lagarde. In extreme situations, the European Central Bank can enact a policy tool called Quantitative Easing. QE is the process by which the ECB prints Euros and uses them to buy assets – usually government or corporate bonds – from banks and other financial institutions. QE usually results in a weaker Euro. QE is a last resort when simply lowering interest rates is unlikely to achieve the objective of price stability. The ECB used it during the Great Financial Crisis in 2009-11, in 2015 when inflation remained stubbornly low, as well as during the covid pandemic. Quantitative…

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