ECB vice president Luis de Guindos said the ECB sees growing risks to Europe's economy. Photograph: Paul Hanna/ReutersThe European Central Bank’s semi-annual assessment of financial stability this week will highlight how threats to the region have increased yet again, vice-president Luis de Guindos said.
“Repricing risks and liquidity difficulties render financial markets and nonbank financial institutions vulnerable to disorderly risk adjustments, Mr Guindos said in a speech in Frankfurt on Monday. “Investment funds’ liquid asset holdings remain low and could thus amplify a market correction in a forced selling scenario.”
Mr Guindos, who oversees financial-stability analysis at the ECB, repeated the current mantra of officials about inflation risks and the need to keep raising interest rates. His speech focused on how market and liquidity threats have shifted, noting that a correction in prices since the Russian invasion has already been under way.
“So far, this repricing has generally been orderly, but market volatility increased, leading to knock-on effects for margins and liquidity,” he said. “Asset valuations remain sensitive to the uncertain path of inflation, to monetary policy normalisation and to economic activity.
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