Monday was a busy day for European Central Bank talking heads:
- ECB's Schnabel: Risks To The Inflation Outlook Are Tilted To The Upside
- ECB’s Lane: Another Hike in July Seems Appropriate and Then We Will See in September
- ECB's Stournaras: A further decrease in inflation is expected
- ICYMI - ECB's de Guindos said core inflation slowdown faces limitations
Rounding it out were comments from the head of the National Bank of Slovakia (Národná banka Slovenska), and therefore a member of the ECB's Governing Council, Governor Peter Kazimir:
- "We need to deliver another rate hike in July and move further into restrictive territory,"
- "A continuation of monetary policy tightening is the only reasonable way ahead."
- added that fresh analysis will be required in September to decide on another hike, but leaned hawkish saying that stopping rate hikes too soon is a "much more significant" risk than overtightening