Governing council are ready to hit the tool shed

  • ECB is ready to act if 2% target is in danger of being pushed back
  • ECB projections based on assumptions. If they change we have to adjust
  • Projections are conditional to QE being fully implemented

ECB VP Vitor Constancio now up saying that there is a measurement problem with inflation

  • Negative inflations rates can be very detrimental
  • There are also deflation risks but a few months of negative inflation is not really deflation
  • If deflation lasts for many months there are increased problems and why central banks are willing to fight that