ECB president, Christine Lagarde, speaks to Bloomberg TV

"I like your owl." *cringe*

  • Markets shouldn't pay too much attention to the review
  • Doesn't rule out possible policy changes over the next 12 months
  • To think that policy is on auto-pilot is ridiculous
  • There are diverse views on how price stability can be procured
  • Says it is her job as president to facilitate such a discussion

For some context, she said that she hopes the strategy review will be wrapped up some time around November to December this year - with the ECB statement reaffirming that.

As for the review itself, all eyes will be on how they will go about inflation targeting but I reckon markets will only be able to react once there are leaks on the matter.