Lena Komileva Quotes (8 Quotes)

The recent hawkish comments from the ECB suggest that the bank is increasingly concerned about the inflation outlook,

By choosing to act preemptively, before inflation becomes strong, the ECB is clearly looking to reducing short-term volatility to keep rates in growth-friendly territory.

The results confirm the view that the euro zone exportinvestment-led recovery is graduating to a more self-sustainable level, supporting expectations of rising interest rates in 2006.

The firmer Belgian and Italian producer sentiment surveys released yesterday support the view of a strong growth reading on the Germany IFO survey out today.

The ECB has to be cautious since risks probably outweigh benefits. So I expect hawkish talk but cautious action,

It does not matter what share of the market it covers but how good the composition is, and for someone like MasterCard, it is safe to assume this condition is satisfied.

Friday's trade data allowed the market to focus on the cyclical performance of the U.S. economy, ... It doesn't appear that the yield difference will shift in favor of the euro any time soon.

There's clearly no case for the Bank to be cutting rates from current levels given the strength of the housing market.