European Central Bank speakers Monday include Lane, Makhlouf

Coming up from the ECB today:

1630 GMT/1130 US Eastern time: European Central Bank Chief Economist Philip Lane gives a speech at the annual Bank of England Watchers’ Conference organised by King’s Business School

2000 GMT/1500 US Eastern time: Gabriel Makhlouf, governor of the Central Bank of Ireland and a member of the European Central Bank’s Governing Council, gives a speech at the annual dinner of Britain’s Society of Professional Economists

Over the weekend Villeroy weighed in:

• ECB Villeroy says falling inflation allows the Bank to lower interest rates

This article was written by Eamonn Sheridan at www.forexlive.com.