Nowotny chooses his words carefully but euro rallies

  • Eurozone economy improving but inflation still far from target
  • Negative rates were necessary for awhile but question of distortion is dangerous
  • Of course discussions have begun about tightening policy
  • Agrees with Weidmann who said this is time to slowly let off the gas

Hawkish stuff from Nowotny is sending the euro higher. EUR/USD up to 1.1650 from 1.1630.

This has got to be annoying for Draghi who took great pains to keep the euro from climbing in last week's press conference.