Latest ECB minutes

  • ECB widely agreed to maintain very substantial stimulus ("widely" is not "unanimously")

  • Underlying inflation lacks a convincing upward trend

  • The is no second round effects from higher oil prices so far

  • Second round effects would unfold rather slowly

  • ECB should stand ready to modify the securities lending facility again
  • Asset purchases below deposit rate should be kept to a minimum

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