At 2:30 pm CET, 8:30 am EST, Mario Draghi will take the podium and either whip out the Bazooka, which may lead to the resignation of Jens Weidmann from the ECB governing council and further unpredictable consequences (the ECB already broke European money markets when it lowered the deposit rate to 0.00%), or a water pistol, in the process destroying any remaining credibility he may have once and for all. More importantly, what today will show is who currently has the upper hand: Goldman, via its assorted money printing muppets, or Germany, for whom Weimar is always one CTRL-P away. Find out as soon as the ECB building fire alarm goes off and when Mario Draghi presents the latest and greatest details of his plans to reporters.
Conference highlights:
DRAGHI SAYS INFLATION WILL REMAIN ABOVE 2% IN 2012, TO DROP BELOW 2% IN 2013
DRAGHI SAYS INFLATION EXPECTATIONS ARE FIRMLY ANCHORED.
ECB HAS DECIDED ON MODALITY FOR BOND PURCHASES IN SECONDARY MARKET