European CentralBank’s Holzmann says its not the job of the ECB to boost the economy

December 15, 2024 at 10:47PM
Robert Holzmann is Governor of Austria’s central bank and a European Central Bank Governing Council member.

He spoke on Friday, basking in the glory of Thursday’s ECB rate cut:

ECB’s Holzmann: Yesterday’s decision was good

He spoke later on the same day, taking a hard stance:

“It isn’t the job of the ECB to boost the economy, the job of the ECB is price stability,”

“To lower rates now to crank up the economy would run contrary to our stance.”

Holzmann is one of the most hawkish ECB Governing Council members. So he wasn’t just being grumpy.

Regardless, there will be plenty more ECB rate cuts to come in 2025.

This article was written by Eamonn Sheridan at www.forexlive.com.

European CentralBank’s Holzmann says its not the job of the ECB to boost the economy