Martins Kazaks

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Bloomberg Talks · ECB's Kazaks Talks Central Bank Pressure · 15 Jan 2026 podcast

There are many other shocks that are likely to shape the future paths of monetary policy.

One of those is the valuations in the financial markets, the risks potentially to financial stability if there is some nonlinear adjustment possible,

But, of course, also in terms of macro policies as such.

For instance, what happens with the Chinese trade to European markets?

What happens with our European competitiveness in our export markets?

That might weigh down on our economic activity.

exert some deflationary pressure.

So you can come up with so many various scenarios that visibility still remains relatively low.

But the good thing is that we are, by and large, within the baseline scenario.

And the current monetary policy is, in my view, very appropriate.

But unfortunately, it's still meeting by meeting.

I think for defence, joint debt is a necessity.

It is simply more efficient to resolve defence issues.

But let me come back a bit.

in terms of a policy mix and structural change.

Monetary policy, if I may say so, has delivered

And it's somewhat boring now, which is good news.

The action is not in monetary policy, but the action should be somewhere else.

And that is structural policies.

In Europe, we somewhat, in my view, spend too much time in terms of thinking, you know, what could be the next blow, next outburst of volatility that we will need to take care of.

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