Benoit Coeure, ECB Executive Board member spoke late Friday (link). Its been covered widely over the weekend, so ICYMI:

  • A stronger global role of the euro could help the European Central Bank in better transmitting its monetary policy (via Bloomberg)
  • Coeure said a new TLTRO was possible and there might be scope for it but such an operation should serve "a purpose", likely meaning it should help the ECB achieve its inflation target (Reuters)
  • comments by Benoit Coeure, the ECB Executive Board member in charge of markets, provided the strongest signal yet that euro-area policy makers are considering another round of funding ... speculation about new loans, known as TLTROS (via Bloomberg)