Interview with ECB's Bini Smaghi

In a recent interview, Lorenzo Bini Smaghi, member of the Executive Board of the European Central Bank, said that unless private consumption picks up there will be no sustained growth. The high price of oil is an important factor, as it is taking away purchasing power. In the labour market, too, there is still a lack of dynamism, he said.

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