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Christine Lagarde, President of the European Central Bank (ECB), explains the ECB’s decision to lower key rates by 25 basis points at the January policy meeting and responds to questions from the press. Key quotes “Premature to have a discussion about terminal rate.” “We know direction of travel, sequence and magnitude will be informed by data and analysis.” “We did not even utter 50 basis points.” “We are confident that inflation will hit target in 2025.” “Services and in particular domestic inflation are still resisting, have gone up a little bit.” “All indicators for wages are heading downward, confirming our confidence.” 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…

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