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1. ECB Watch – 26 April 2018 1
Central Banks
Draghi calm on recent data but more vigilant on
protectionism
Sonsoles Castillo / Agustín García / Miguel Jiménez / María Martínez
The ECB left the main lines of its forward guidance unchanged
Draghi did not sound much worried about growth moderation but
vigilant on protectionism
There was no discussion on the next steps of monetary policy
As widely expected, at today’s monetary policy meeting there were no changes in the ECB’s monetary policy
stance, as the central bank left key interest rates unchanged and reiterated that asset purchase programme (APP)
will run since January 2018 at a monthly pace of EUR30bn until September 18, or beyond, if necessary and “at any
case until Governing Council sees sustained adjustment in the path of inflation consistent with inflation aim.” The
dovish stance remains in place as the central bank reiterated its pledge to keep interest rates unchanged until well
past the horizon of the net asset purchases after the removal of the easing bias on the APP announced last month.
Moreover, the Governing Council reiterated that an “ample degree of monetary stimulus remains necessary for
underlying inflation pressures to continue to build up”.
On economic outlook, Mr Draghi showed caution as he stressed that while the risks surrounding the euro
area remained as broadly balanced, risks associated to global factors, including the threat of increased
protectionism, have become more pronounced. But on the recent growth moderation of the eurozone
economy, Mr Draghi did not seem too worried. He said that such loss of momentum is broad by most euro-area
nations and sectors, but he described this as “temporary”. He wanted to clarify that some normalisation was
awaited after the strong GDP growth in 2H17, beyond temporary factors in early this year (cold weather, strikes,
timing of Easter), and growth is expected to remain solid. On inflation, ECB´s president said that underlying
measures remain subdued –despite that there are seeing some encouraging signs on nominal wage growth- and
have yet to show convincing signs of a sustained upward trend. He emphasized that the bottom line of this
discussion (on economic data), is basically caution in reading these developments, “caution tempered by an
unchanged confidence in the convergence of inflation toward our inflation aim”. He stressed that
convergence remains conditional on an ample degree of monetary accommodation.
During the Q&A, some of the attention was focused on the roadmap of the monetary policy normalization process.
Mr Draghi made clear that the GC did not discuss today monetary policy per se nor plans for the June meeting.
All in all, the ECB left monetary policy unchanged, as expected, and without giving further details on the QE
recalibration and the future of the exit strategy. We continue to expect that changes in forward guidance
hinting the end of QE will be possible by June but we do not rule out that such decision is delayed until
July, depending on the evolution of macro and inflation data as the ECB may wait until it is clear that the
current softer data is indeed only temporary. Regarding the normalization process, our baseline scenario
remains unchanged, i.e. ending QE during 4Q18 and hiking rates in 2019 (first depo rate by March and first refi rate
by June).
2. ECB Watch – 26 April 2018 2
PLEASE NOTE: TRACKING CHANGES IN FOLLOWING STATEMENTS
in black, wording common to both the current and previous statements, in grey and crossed,
previous wording that was replaced by new wording, in blue and underlined (YES, TRACK
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PRESS CONFERENCE
Mario Draghi, President of the ECB,
Vítor Constâncio, Vice-President of the ECB,
Frankfurt am Main, 8 March26 April 2018
Ladies and gentlemen, the Vice-President and I are very pleased to welcome you to our press conference. We will now report
on the outcome of today’s meeting of the Governing Council.
Based on our regular economic and monetary analyses, we decided to keep the key ECB interest rates unchanged. We
continue to expect them to remain at their present levels for an extended period of time, and well past the horizon of our net
asset purchases.
Regarding non-standard monetary policy measures, we confirm that our net asset purchases, at the current monthly pace of
€30 billion, are intended to run until the end of September 2018, or beyond, if necessary, and in any case until the Governing
Council sees a sustained adjustment in the path of inflation consistent with its inflation aim. The Eurosystem will continue to
reinvest the principal payments from maturing securities purchased under the asset purchase programme for an extended
period of time after the end of its net asset purchases, and in any case for as long as necessary. This will contribute both to
favourable liquidity conditions and to an appropriate monetary policy stance.
IncomingFollowing several quarters of higher than expected growth, incoming information, including since our new staff
projections, confirms the strongmeeting in early March points towards some moderation, while remaining consistent with a solid
and broad-based growth momentum in expansion of the euro area economy, which is projected. The underlying strength of the
euro area economy continues to expand in the near term at a somewhat faster pace than previously expected. This outlook for
growth confirmssupport our confidence that inflation will converge towards our inflation aim of below, but close to, 2% over the
medium term. At the same time, measures of underlying inflation remain subdued and have yet to show convincing signs of a
sustained upward trend. In this context, the Governing Council will continue to monitor developments in the exchange rate and
other financial conditions with regard to their possible implications for the inflation outlook. Overall, an ample degree of
monetary stimulus remains necessary for underlying inflation pressures to continue to build up and support headline inflation
developments over the medium term. This continued monetary support is provided by the net asset purchases, by the sizeable
stock of acquired assets and the ongoing and forthcoming reinvestments, and by our forward guidance on interest rates.
Let me now explain our assessment in greater detail, starting with the economic analysis. Real GDP increased by 0.67%,
quarter on quarter, in the fourth quarter of 2017, after increasing by 0.7% following similar growth in the thirdprevious quarter.
This resulted in an average annual growth rate of 2.4% in 2017 – the highest since 2007. The latest economic data and survey
results indicate continued strongindicators suggest some moderation in the pace of growth since the start of the year. This
moderation may in part reflect a pull-back from the high pace of growth observed at the end of last year, while temporary factors
may also be at work. Overall, however, growth is expected to remain solid and broad-based growth momentum.. Our monetary
policy measures, which have facilitated the deleveraging process, should continue to underpin domestic demand. Private
consumption is supported by risingongoing employment gains, which is also benefiting from, in turn, partly reflect past labour
market reforms, and by growing household wealth. Business investment continues to strengthen on the back of very favourable
financing conditions, rising corporate profitability and solid demand. Housing investment has improved further over recent
quarters.continues to improve. In addition, the broad-based global expansion is providing impetus to euro area exports.
This assessment is broadly reflected in the March 2018 ECB staff macroeconomic projections for the euro area. These
projections foresee annual real GDP increasing by 2.4% in 2018, 1.9% in 2019 and 1.7% in 2020. Compared with the
3. ECB Watch – 26 April 2018 3
December 2017 Eurosystem staff macroeconomic projections, the outlook for real GDP growth has been revised up for 2018
and remains unchanged for 2019 and 2020.
The risks surrounding the euro area growth outlook are assessed asremain broadly balanced. On the one hand, the prevailing
positive cyclical momentum could lead to stronger growth in the near term. On the other hand, downsideHowever, risks continue
to relate primarilyrelated to global factors, including risingthe threat of increased protectionism and developments in foreign
exchange and other financial markets, have become more prominent.
According to Eurostat’s flash estimate, euroEuro area annual HICP inflation decreased to increased to 1.3% in March 2018,
from 1.1.2% in February 2018, from 1.3% in January.. This reflected mainly negative base effects in unprocessedhigher food
price inflation. Looking ahead, onOn the basis of current futures prices for oil, annual rates of headline inflation are likely to
hover around 1.5% for the remainder of the year. Measures of underlying inflation remain subdued overall. Looking
forwardahead, they are expected to rise gradually over the medium term, supported by our monetary policy measures, the
continuing economic expansion, the corresponding absorption of economic slack and rising wage growth.
This assessment is also broadly reflected in the March 2018 ECB staff macroeconomic projections for the euro area, which
foresee annual HICP inflation at 1.4% in 2018, 1.4% in 2019 and 1.7% in 2020. Compared with the December 2017 Eurosystem
staff macroeconomic projections, the outlook for headline HICP inflation has been revised down slightly for 2019 and remains
unchanged for 2018 and 2020.
Turning to the monetary analysis, broad money (M3) continues to expand at a robust pace, with an annual growth rate of
growth of 4.62% in JanuaryFebruary 2018, unchanged fromslightly below the previous month, reflectingnarrow range observed
since mid-2015. M3 growth continues to reflect the impact of the ECB’s monetary policy measures and the low opportunity cost
of holding the most liquid deposits. Accordingly, the narrow monetary aggregate M1 remained the main contributor to broad
money growth, continuing to expand at a solid annual rate.
The recovery in the growth of loans to the private sector observed since the beginning of 2014 is progressingproceeding. The
annual growth rate of loans to non-financial corporations strengthened tostood at 3.1% in February 2018, after 3.4% in January
2018, afterand 3.1% in December 2017, while the annual growth rate of loans to households remained unchanged at 2.9%. The
euro area bank lending survey for the first quarter of 2018 indicates that loan growth continues to be supported by increasing
demand across all loan categories and a further easing in overall bank lending conditions for loans to enterprises and loans for
house purchase.
The pass-through of the monetary policy measures put in place since June 2014 continues to significantly support borrowing
conditions for firms and households, access to financing ‒ notably for small and medium-sized enterprises ‒ and credit flows
across the euro area.
To sum up, a cross-check of the outcome of the economic analysis with the signals coming from the monetary analysis
confirmed the need for an ample degree of monetary accommodation to secure a sustained return of inflation rates towards
levels that are below, but close to, 2% over the medium term.
In order to reap the full benefits from our monetary policy measures, other policy areas must contribute decisively to raising the
longer-term growth potential and reducing vulnerabilities. The implementation of structural reforms in euro area countries
needs to be substantially stepped up to increase resilience, reduce structural unemployment and boost euro area productivity
and growth potential. Against the background of overall limited implementation of the 2017 country-specific recommendations,
as communicated by the European Commission yesterday, greater reform effort is necessary in the euro area countries.
Regarding fiscal policies, the increasingly solid andongoing broad-based expansion calls for rebuilding fiscal buffers. This is
particularly important in countries where government debt remains high. All countries would benefit from intensifying efforts
towards achieving a more growth-friendly composition of public finances. A full, transparent and consistent implementation of
the Stability and Growth Pact and of the macroeconomic imbalance procedure over time and across countries remains essential
to increase the resilience of the euro area economy. DeepeningImproving the functioning of Economic and Monetary Union
remains a priority. The Governing Council urges specific and decisive steps to complete the banking union and the capital
markets union.
4. ECB Watch – 26 April 2018 4
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