• Talked to other ECB members before making comments
  • Nothing concrete spawn change in tone from ECB, just sense of worsening crisis. Spike in shorter-term yields a factor
  • ECB doesn’t normally act under terror, acts on cool analysis of facts (except this time)
  • Voting was unanimous with one reservation (Weidmann)
  • Notes the use of may in statement (to smooth ruffled feathers)