Concerning the introduction of euro banknotes and coins, which I have just talked about at length, there is a lot of talk by the public and the media about the potential inflation effects stemming from rounding towards psychologically attractive prices. But we should expect such rounding to be in both directions, up and down.
It decided to restart net asset purchases at a monthly pace of € billion beginning in November, after they were interrupted in December of last year, when they amounted to € billion since their launch at the end of 2014.