EghtesadOnline: European Central Bank board member Sabine Lautenschlaeger has said the ECB needs to wait to see if inflation stabilizes in its target zone of just under 2 percent before interest rates can be raised, but that she hopes its bond-buying program can be scaled down before year-end.

EghtesadOnline: The most prominent hawk on the European Central Bank's board defended the bank's ultra-loose monetary policy on Monday, but added that she was skeptical of further interest rate cuts or other forms of easing.

EghtesadOnline: The European Central Bank should start thinking about how it wants to return to normal monetary policy and when it wants to wind down it bond purchases, governing council member Sabine Lautenschlaeger said in remarks published on Saturday.