ECB's Super Mario skips and jumps his way to the rostrum at the top of the hour

Yes folks, the ECB president is making at speech at 11.00 GMT

From the ECB website:

"Event:Speech by President at 40th anniversary conference of Prometeia in Bologna, Italy. Time:12:00 CET Venue:MAST Auditorium, Via Speranza 42, Bologna Contact:Valeria Patané, Prometeia, Mobile: +393495538328 E-mail:valeria.patane@prometeia.com

Text:The text will be made available on the ECB's website. Notes:Upon invitation only!"

What do you mean you didn't get an invite. No, me neither.

Not sure we'll get by way of speech content but as always we should expect the unexpected

We'll bring you the headers and analysis as ever.

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