ECB's Jens Weidmann speaks at Euro Finance week

  • Sees no reason to talk down the economic outlook or paint a gloomy picture
  • Mon pol measures already taken need time to feed through to the economy
  • The longer we go with ultra loose policy the greater the risks
  • Forecasts are not far off the mark
  • Sharp fall in energy prices is what is mainly driving low rates
  • Core inflation will gradually rise towards goal

No surprise perhaps but we now know who made these comments in the ECB minutes;

"At the same time, members expressed caution about adopting an unduly gloomy interpretation of recent data and reaching premature conclusions with respect to policy implications"