The European Central Bank is ready to support the economy in the face of the cor...
FILE PHOTO: Bank of France Governor Francois Villeroy de Galhau arrives for the G20 meeting during the IMF and World Bank's 2019 Annual Fall Meetings of finance ministers and bank governors, in Washington, October 18, 2019. REUTERS/Mike Theiler
PARIS - The European Central Bank is ready to support the economy in the face of the coronavirus outbreak, but governments with budget leeway also need to help, ECB policymaker Francois Villeroy de Galhau said in a Dutch newspaper interview released on Tuesday. Villeroy, who is also head of the French central bank, told De Telegraaf that the ECB’s monetary policy was already accommodative and helping to stablize the euro zone economy.
The ECB’s regular refinancing operations and ultra-cheap long-term loans to banks were helping them in turn to lend to companies running into trouble because of the virus outbreak, he said. “If necessary, we would stand ready to take appropriate and targeted measures, taking into account the liquidity needs of banks and businesses,” Villeroy said, echoing comments from ECB President Christine Lagarde.Reporting by Leigh Thomas, editing by Larry King
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