Some improvement in euro zone economic data suggests the bloc's slowdown ma...
FIL PHOTO: Estonian bank governor Ardo Hansson listens during a news conference following the Governing Council meeting in Tallinn, Estonia, June 8, 2017. REUTERS/Ints Kalnins
FRANKFURT - Some improvement in euro zone economic data suggests the bloc’s slowdown may be ending but it is still too early to tell, European Central Bank policymaker Ardo Hansson said in an interview published on Friday. “I’d wait and see how these things transpire over the next few months,” Hansson, the outgoing head of Estonia’s central bank, told Bloomberg. “This could now be the beginning of something better.”
Reporting By Tassilo Hummel in Berlin; Writing by Francesco Canepa in Frankfurt; Editing by Michelle Martin
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