FILE PHOTO: European Central Bank (ECB) President Mario Draghi speaks at a news conference on the outcome of the meeting of the Governing Council, in Frankfurt, Germany, September 12, 2019. REUTERS/Ralph Orlowski
October 1, 2019
ATHENS (Reuters) – The European Central Bank’s President called on Tuesday for euro-area-wide fiscal stimulus aimed at boosting investment, saying the latest steps in this direction are insufficient.
“The most effective response, however, would be an investment-led stimulus at the euro area level,” Mario Draghi said in Athens.
“The agreement on the Budgetary Instrument for Convergence and Competitiveness is a step in the right direction, but it does not yet meet the necessary criteria in terms of size or design.”
(Reporting By Lefteris Papadimas; Writing by Francesco Canepa in Frankfurt; Editing by Chizu Nomiyama)
