Towards an open or hawkish ECB?
Spain's Pablo Hernández de Cos and the Netherlands' Klaas Knot are among the favourites to head the institution, with very different backgrounds
The European Union faces a significant decision with the upcoming election of the next president of the European Central Bank (ECB). The candidates are Pablo Hernández de Cos, former president of the Spanish central bank, and Klaas Knot, former president of the Dutch central bank. This is not merely a national preference between Spain and the Netherlands.
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