Draghi warns criticism of monetary policy may delay recovery

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Mario Draghi

Mario Draghi warned today (April 21) that politicians' criticisms of European Central Bank (ECB) policy could delay economic recovery in the eurozone.

The bank "has a mandate for price stability for the whole eurozone and not just Germany", the ECB president told a press conference in Frankfurt, as the governing council kept policy on hold.

ECB policy was working, Draghi argued, but it needed time before it could bring about a recovery. Eurozone inflation might turn negative again in the next

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