Marcin Stepan, deputy head of meetings at OMFIF, is joined by Francesco Papadia, fellow at Bruegel and former director general for market operations at the European Central Bank and Alexander Petrov, assistant vice-president, policy and research, Official Institutions Group, State Street Global Advisors. They discuss the December 2018 ECB monetary policy meeting as the central bank plans to formally end QE, outline the new reinvestment strategy, provide growth assessments and forecasts on inflation.