It is also not ensured that bank earnings will continue to be as sustained as in past months when they were supported by factors that may prove to be temporary: trading profits have been falling; and net interest income, though still strong, could be negatively impacted by a sudden flattening of the yield curve.
[7]  It is also true under the secondary mandate if environmental protection is a priority of European policymaking, and as long as the ECB’s actions are taken “without prejudice to the objective of price stability”.