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European Central Bank (ECB) President Christine Lagarde said on Monday that “we’re almost at our inflation target.” Additional comments “Keeping inflation in check is a constant battle.” “Inflation needs to come down in a durable manner.” “To do this, we need to have an interest rate that is carefully set.” “Trump tariffs a chance for Europe to show independence.” “Any ensuing trade war would be a lose-lose scenario.” Market reaction The EUR/USD pair is trading listlessly below 1.0850, at the time of writing, unfazed by the above comments. 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 tightening (QT) is the reverse of QE.…

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