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ECB’s Escriva Calls for ‘Cautious’ Policy Decisions, Vanguardia Reports

(Bloomberg) -- European Central Bank Governing Council member Jose Luis Escriva said monetary policy must be approached with caution given the current “extraordinary uncertainty.”

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“It’s very difficult to gauge the impact of events that are unfolding,” Escriva said in an interview published Sunday by Spanish newspaper La Vanguardia. “It’s advisable to be cautious, especially from the point of view of monetary policy; wait for doubts around certain issues to be cleared, see how the different geopolitical dynamics are resolved.”

The ECB is approaching matters “meeting to meeting” and there “isn’t a pre-established future path for interest rates,” Escriva said. European demand overall “still shows some clear signs of weakness, with notable differences among countries.”

Escriva is governor of the Bank of Spain.

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