ECB's Hansson Says Bond Purchases Could End After September

  • Governing Council member speaks in Boersen-Zeitung interview
  • Sees no threat to inflation outlook from euro appreciation yet

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The European Central Bank should adjust its policy guidance before the summer and shouldn’t have any problems ending net asset purchases in one swoop after September, Governing Council member Ardo Hansson said on Monday.

While the Estonian policy maker judged the ECB’s current stance as broadly appropriate, he argued in an interview with German newspaper Boersen-Zeitung that there was a “need for action in our communication.”