ROMA (Reuters) – central banks are willing to intervene if the UK vote to leave the EU in the referendum next week, said board member of the ECB, Ignazio Visco, in an interview published on Saturday .
perspectives on the close vote, which will help determine the future of trade and international relations both in the UK and the European Union, has shaken markets worldwide.
“a British vote in favor of leaving the EU is the risk that concerns us most right now,” said Ignazio Visco in an interview to several newspapers, including the Italian La Repubblica.
” keep attention to this risk daily and all central banks, not only at the ECB, we are ready to intervene with conventional instruments at our disposal: interest rates, repos, swaps, “he said also governor of the Central Bank Italy.
Officials had told Reuters last week that the ECB commit to supporting the markets according to the Central Bank of England if the vote in the referendum is to leave the block.
Visco added that the long process of negotiation before an eventual “Brexit” would have financial consequences unquestionably, although it was difficult to predict its magnitude.
the referendum campaign was suspended after a British lawmaker was killed Thursday in northern England.
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