🏦ECB'S PRESSER RUNNING HEADLINES

*ECB'S PRESIDENT LAGARDE: CONTAINMENT POLICIES AND INFECTIONS ARE WEIGHING ON EURO AREA ACTIVITY.

*ECB'S PRESIDENT LAGARDE: THE NEAR-TERM FUTURE IS BLEAK, UNCERTAINTY REMAINS

*ECB'S PRESIDENT LAGARDE: RECENTLY, FINANCIAL MARKETS HAVE BEEN SOMEWHAT STEADY.

*ECB'S LAGARDE SAYS TO CONTINUE MONITOR FX DEVELOPMENTS

*ECB'S PRESIDENT LAGARDE: ECB IS ABLE TO MAKE THE REQUIRED ADJUSTMENTS TO BOTH INSTRUMENTS.

*ECB'S PRESIDENT LAGARDE: THERE IS A RESUMPTION OF GROWTH IN Q2.

*ECB'S LAGARDE SAYS HEADLINE INFLATION LIKELY TO INCREASE IN COMING MONTHS

*ECB'S PRESIDENT LAGARDE: RISKS IN THE NEAR TERM ARE DOWNSIDE.

*ECB'S PRESIDENT LAGARDE: INFLATION IS EXPECTED AT A SUBDUED LEVEL.

*ECB'S PRESIDENT LAGARDE: MARKET-BASED INFLATION HAS BEEN STEADILY RISING

*ECB'S PRESIDENT LAGARDE: THE EU'S NEXT-GENERATION STRATEGY MUST BE OPERATIONAL AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

*ECB'S PRESIDENT LAGARDE: THE RISK ESTIMATE REMAINS THE SAME AS IT WAS IN MARCH.

*ECB'S PRESIDENT LAGARDE: THE EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK DOES NOT TARGET EXCHANGE RATES.

*ECB'S PRESIDENT LAGARDE: THERE HAS BEEN AND WILL CONTINUE TO BE A RISE IN PEPP.

*ECB'S PRESIDENT LAGARDE: ECB CAN'T MAKE UP FOR A LACK OF FISCAL STIMULUS.

*ECB'S LAGARDE SAYS PREMATURE TO DISCUSS TAPERING

*ECB'S PRESIDENT LAGARDE: MONTHLY PEPP FIGURES ARE MORE IMPORTANT THAN WEEKLY RESULTS.

*ECB'S PRESIDENT LAGARDE: THE US ECONOMY AND THE EUROPEAN ECONOMY ARE NOT ON THE SAME ECONOMIC PAGE.

*ECB'S PRESIDENT LAGARDE: IT WOULD BE GOOD TO MOVE IN TANDEM WITH THE FED. HOWEVER, IT IS NOT LIKELY

*ECB'S PRESIDENT LAGARDE: IN THE FALL, THE ECB WILL PRESENT THE RESULTS OF THE STRATEGY REVIEW.

*ECB'S LAGARDE: WILL 'DELIVER' STRATEGY REVIEW IN AUTUMN OF 2021, COULD COME EARLIER

*ECB'S PRESIDENT LAGARDE: THE ECB IS NOT DOING YIELD CURVE CONTROL.

*ECB'S PRESIDENT LAGARDE: NEGATIVE RATES ARE AN EFFECTIVE TOOL FOR PROVIDING STIMULUS