ECB chief economist Peter Praet 23 Feb

  • sees firm and broadening growth

Relax everyone. It's all gonna be just fine. Forget the potential election fall-out.

  • recovery in economy still dependent on supportive mon pol
  • European economies are still fundamentally fragile
  • no room for complacency

Make your mind up Mr P.

ECB has it listed as a " Keynote speech at the conference "Brexit and the implications for financial services" jointly organised by SUERF and hosted by Ernst & Young in London"

Euro a tad lower. Potentially related to the mon pol and other cautious comments after the headline.

EURUSD 1.0554 EURGBP 0.8461 EURJPY 119.46