European Central Bank officials led by President Mario Draghi resisted calls from the International Monetary Fund and U.S. Treasury to do more to stem the debt crisis roiling the euro-area economy.
As talks of global finance chiefs ended yesterday in Washington, euro-area central bankers from Draghi to Bundesbank President Jens Weidmann argued they have done enough by cutting interest rates and issuing more long-term bank loans.
"None of the advice that the IMF is offering has been discussed by the Governing Council, in recent times at least," Draghi said on April 20 while attending IMF meetings in Washington. Weidmann said in an interview that "the problems in Europe can't be solved by monetary policy measures."
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