ECB’s Mersch made no comments on the economy nor monetary policy

The ECB governing council member Mersch crossed the wires last minutes, via Reuters, making a scheduled speech at the "Symposium on Building the Financial System of the 21st Century: An Agenda for Europe and the United States" in Frankfurt.

He delivered no comments on the economy nor monetary policy.

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ECB is committed to greater levels of transparency

ECB independence is unchanged

Protects policy function

Independence shields central banks