- Sticking to full optionality on rates, full freedom of action and moving forward meeting by meeting
- Downside inflation risks dominate slightly at the moment, but upside risks are also present
- Rejected pre-emptive easing on the base of insurance
- Inflation expectations are well anchored around 2% target
- Loss of Fed independence would have consequences for ECB policy too
- Full interview here
There's nothing new here from Rehn as he sticks with his neutral stance. Basically all the ECB policymakers are now in the neutral camp and repeated many times that they won't respond to small or short-term deviations from their 2% target.
