ECB's Panetta: Downside risks to the economy may be growing

Remarks by ECB executive board member, Fabio Panetta
– Continued monetary stimulus is necessary
– Premature tightening of policy could turn supply shock into prolonged recession
Some light acknowledgment that economic conditions are facing stronger headwinds but the part of inflation is consistent with the messaging that policymakers have been maintaining for a while now i.e. that it