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Introduction
Vitor Konstancio is the former Vice President of the Eurospian Central Bank. He also served as governor of the Bank of Portugal. Vitor, thank you so much for joining us.
Vítor Constâncio witnessed firsthand severe recessions, inflationary bouts, and a global financial crisis, as former Vice President of the European Central Bank (ECB) (2010 to 2018) and Governor of The Bank of Portugal (1985-1986, 2000-2010). He brings this considerable experience to examine the current challenges facing central bankers at the ECB as well as the Fed.
Constâncio argues that while U.S. inflation is driven by a strong demand generated by loose fiscal policy, the primary agent of European inflation was the surge in energy prices in 2022. However, he recognizes that what began as supply-side pressure has broadened out to other sectors of the Euro area economy, so the ECB’s hiking of interest rates to 4% was necessary. Constancio expects that a mild recession in Europe will tame inflation and that substantial further rate hikes from the ECB will likely not be needed. Filmed on July 6, 2023.
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Timecodes:
(00:00) Introduction
(00:48) Euro Area Inflation Is Mostly Due To Energy Shock, Not Demand
(08:13) I Would Support A Pause In Interest Rate Hikes, Says Constancio
(10:11) Recession In Europe Is Likely For 2023
(14:35) ECB Unlikely To Cut Interest Rates During A Mild Recession
(16:20) There Pressure on The European Central Bank (ECB) To Follow The Federal Reserve?
(20:44) Exploring The Logic Of Negative Interest Rates
(25:29) Interest Rates' Impact On The Economy
(32:04) Fixed vs. Floating Mortgages
(34:48) ECB's Reaction Function During The 2008 Great Financial Crisis
(44:16) Recent Bank Failures (Silicon Valley Bank)
(49:51) Credit Suisse
(51:51) Basel III Regulation of Held-To-Matuity Accounts and Interest Rate Hedging
(54:47) Fighting Inflation In 1970s Portugal
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