ECB Schnabel: We should proceed with caution remain data dependent

  • We should proceed with caution and remain data dependent.
  • Price stability is within reach.
  • Lowering policy rates gradually towards a neutral level is the most appropriate course of action.
  • Once price stability has been restored, central banks can afford to tolerate moderate deviations of inflation from target, in both directions
  • In the absence of such shocks, policy should be careful, not to overreact
  • Monetary policy should focus on responding forcefully to shocks that have the capacity to destabilize inflation expectations
  • central banks can have a greater tolerance for moderate deviations of inflation from target, in both directions.
  • Monetary policy can not resolve structural issues that durably weigh on price pressures.
  • Over the next 12 months and and economic expansion is still much more probable than a recession.
  • Gradual removal of policy restriction remains appropriate

This article was written by Greg Michalowski at www.forexlive.com. Source