European Central Bank (ECB) Vice President Luis de Guindos voices his concerns over the fragmentations risk.
Key quotes
Fragmentation is a significant worry for the European central bank.
ECB has always been committed to fighting fragmentation in eurozone.
ECB is speeding up process to ready a tool against fragmentation.
ECB’s tool to avoid fragmentation does not have to interfere with monetary policy that is focused on fighting inflation.
Market reaction
EUR/USD is accelerating its decline below 1.0500 amid a negative open on the European stocks while the US dollar rallies hard on risk-off flows.
The spot is down 0.43% on the day at 1.0477, as of writing.
