Comments from DeGuindos:

  • We are attentive to second-round inflation effects
  • There are already some early signs of weakening credit quality in the banking sector
  • ECB expects medium-term inflation to remain below goal
  • Transition from PEPP to PSPP to take place in 'near future'
  • Should try to avoid cliff-edge effects

The bolded is going to be somewhat contentions. We already have Weidmann hinting at a fight. He hints that they agreed to a pandemic emergency plan and that re-naming it something else and continuing on with it after the pandemic isn't honest. The problem for Weidmann is that he doesn't have many hawkish allies.