ECB's Lagarde renews integration call as trade war looms

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

51% : "If EU households were to align their deposit-to-financial assets ratio with that of U.S. households, a stock of up to 8 trillion euros could be redirected into long-term, market-based investments - or a flow of around 350 billion euros annually," Lagarde said.When the cash actually enters the capital market, it often stays within national borders or leaves for the U.S. in hope of better returns, Lagarde added.
48% : "While Europe has made some progress, EU members tend to water down most proposals to protect vested national interests to the detriment of the bloc as a whole, said Lagarde.
34% : "The geopolitical environment has also become less favourable, with growing threats to free trade from all corners of the world," Lagarde said in a speech, without directly referring to Trump.

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