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FF Alert Release time comes as a surprise from source. Event added to calendar 20 minutes before release time;
Description Due to speak in Frankfurt;
Source German Bundesbank (latest release)
Speaker Deutsche Bundesbank President Jens Weidmann;
Usual Effect More hawkish than expected = Good for currency;
FF Notes Deutsche Bundesbank President and voting member of the ECB Governing Council May 2011 - Apr 2019. He's believed to be one of the most influential members of the council;
Why Traders
Care ECB Governing Council members vote on where to set the Eurozone's key interest rates and their public engagements are often used to drop subtle clues regarding future monetary policy;
Acro Expand Deutsche Bundesbank (Buba), European Central Bank (ECB);