FRANKFURT (MarketWatch)
The European Central Bank must remain aware of its
independence and is "obliged to respect" and not exceed its own mandate,
Bundesbank President Jens Weidmann said in an interview conducted in late June
for the German central bank's internal magazine and published on its website
Wednesday
Weidmann, as head of a national central bank, is a member of the
ECB's Governing Council, which meets Thursday
ECB President Mario Draghi last
week said the institution would do whatever was needed within its mandate to
preserve the euro, stoking expectations for renewed bond purchases by the ECB
The Bundesbank has opposed such measures in the past. In the interview, Weidmann
said the Bundesbank has more influence than other national central banks on
policy
"We are the largest and most important central bank in the euro system,"
he said
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The mathematician of the Complutense University of Madrid, José-Vidal Ruiz Varela, argues that Europe must raise its borrowing limit, leaving its deflationary policy.
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