Piero Cipollone, a member of the European Central Bank's executive board, said the ECB's interest rate decision should not ignore the tightening effect on monetary policy of unwinding past asset purchases. The Italian official told an event organised by MNI that while policy rates remained the main tool for adjusting the ECB's stance, the role of quantitative tightening in influencing financial and funding conditions - through yield curves or bank lending - should also be taken into account.
Eurozone banks need a digital euro in response to U.S. President Donald Trump's efforts to promote a stablecoin, a cryptocurrency usually pegged to the U.S. dollar, European Central Bank board member Piero Cipollone said on Friday. That would help lure more customers away from banks and strengthen the case for the ECB to launch its own digital currency.
欧洲央行董事会成员PieroCipollone周五表示,欧元区银行需要数字欧元来回应美国总统唐纳德·特朗普推广稳定币的努力,欧洲央行是一种通常与美元挂钩的加密货币。这将有助于吸引更多的客户远离银行,并加强欧洲央行发起自己的数字货币的案件。