Euro: What Do Knot’s Signals Reveal About ECB Readiness for New Tools? – Rabobank

Questions over how far ECB policy support could extend have emerged from comments highlighted in Rabobank’s Global Daily. Speaking to the Financial Times, Dutch European Central Bank (ECB) presidential candidate Klaas Knot said the ECB would not hesitate to act should circumstances demand it. He also suggested that a future crisis of a different nature could prompt the ECB to develop another, more tailored instrument.

Could Knot’s comments point to greater ECB flexibility?

"It’s also notable that the Dutch candidate to replace ECB President Lagarde, Klaas Knot, gave an interview to the Financial Times in which he stated, “If circumstances require it, we will not hesitate to take action.”"

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"He wasn’t referring to 50bps rate hikes due to geopolitically driven inflation but in the opposite direction, where if Europe were to see a future crisis “of a different nature,” he “would not rule out developing another, more tailored instrument.”"

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