Comments by ECB governing council member Ewald Nowotny

  • Sees a numbers of risks like Trump and China risks
  • Risks are against a backdrop of very strong economic dynamics over the past 8 years
  • Growth rates will be slower but stay in positive territory

When you have to bring in comments about the economy over the past eight years to try and bolster sentiment, you know that things aren't going well presently. That's basically the only takeaway from his comments here.