Euro-Area Inflation Unexpectedly Hits Record in Test for ECB
Consumer prices increased 5% in December from a year earlier
President Christine Lagarde said last month that inflation is likely to remain elevated in the near term before slowing in 2022 to settle below the 2% target.
She’s said a rate hike wouldn’t be the correct response to the current bout of price growth, partly because its effects would only be felt later on, when pressures would already be easing.
Bloomberg 7 January 2022
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