# Olli Rehn: Economic outlook and monetary policy - a European perspective

> Bank of Finland Governor Olli Rehn gave a speech in New York on the euro area economic outlook and monetary policy. He noted that over 10 million jobs were created during the euro area recovery since 2013 and that unemployment fell below 8%. He also reviewed the ECB's end of net asset purchases in December 2018.

- Date: 2019-05-02 · published 2019-05-02T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: macro · region Euro zone · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/59294-olli-rehn-economic-outlook-and-monetary-policy-a-european-perspective
- Commodities: [Euro (USD per EUR)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/EURUSD.md)

## Why it matters

This is a policy speech with no new decision, so it has little direct impact on feed grain supply, demand or prices.

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| EURUSD | 2017-11-17 | [Monetary policy and the outlook for the economy](https://feedsoft.ai/events/68186-monetary-policy-and-the-outlook-for-the-economy.md) | +1.4% | +0.1% |
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| EURUSD | 2019-12-02 | [Hearing at the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs of the European Parliament](https://feedsoft.ai/events/55780-hearing-at-the-committee-on-economic-and-monetary-affairs-of-the-european.md) | +0.3% | +1.8% |
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| EURUSD | 2018-05-04 | [Past and future of the ECB monetary policy](https://feedsoft.ai/events/65223-past-and-future-of-the-ecb-monetary-policy.md) | -0.6% | -2.4% |

## Sources

- bis.org: https://www.bis.org/review/r190502g.htm

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