‘No compelling case’ for a Eurosystem dot-plot – Nagel

Bundesbank president says uncertainty needs to be communicated more clearly

Joachim Nagel
Deutsche Bundesbank president Joachim Nagel
Sebastian Weindel

Deutsche Bundesbank president Joachim Nagel sees “no compelling case” for introducing Fed-style dot-plots for the Eurosystem.

In a speech at Harvard University on October 28, Nagel said that despite their similarities, there are structural differences between the US and European monetary systems that do not warrant such a move.

The eurozone could improve on how it communicates forecast uncertainty – a message dot-plots only offer “an indirect method to convey”, Nagel said. The ECB is currently

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