Economics
Meet the ‘Edgy’ Man Who Could Replace Mario Draghi
- Erkki Liikanen is seen as frontrunner to replace Mario Draghi
- Former Finnish central-bank governor is described as ‘edgy’
Erkki Liikanen emerges as the frontrunner to replace Mario Draghi as ECB President.
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In the tussle between the euro zone’s north and south, Erkki Liikanen may boast just the right credentials to become the next president of the European Central Bank.
The former governor of Finland’s central bank is the new frontrunner in a Bloomberg survey of economists on who’ll succeed Mario Draghi in November 2019. His chief selling point, as the ECB prepares to unwind years of monetary stimulus, might be as a compromise candidate.