Ms Lautenschläger, the US Federal Reserve raised interest rates shortly before Christmas, for the fourth time this year. They are now between 2.25% and 2.5%. The ECB is taking no action at all on interest rates, why not? The US economy is different, as are US price developments.
It is not our task to copy the Federal Reserve; our mandate is to maintain price stability in the euro area…  But many people are waiting on an interest rate hike here, too. Yes, some people are waiting while others are very happy that the interest rates for housing construction in Germany or for investment in companies, in new jobs, remain low.