Christine Lagarde: Hearing at the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs of the European Parliament
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SPEECH Introductory statement by Christine Lagarde, President of the ECB, at the ECON Committee of the European Parliament (by videoconference) Frankfurt am Main, 28 September 2020 Madam Chair, Honourable members of the Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee, Ladies and gentlemen, Thank you very much for giving me the opportunity to speak to you today and to have a frank and timely discussion about the ECB`s monetary policy, as befits the topics you have chosen for this hearing. After a few words on the euro area economic outlook, I will focus my remarks today on the ECB`s monetary policy and in particular on the role of asset purchases, before sharing some reflections on the ECB`s...