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MNI BRIEF: Low Productivity Behind Inflation Revision-Guindos

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ECB VP says concerns over productivity levels and wages gains triggered upward 2024 inflation projection.

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Lower productivity alongside a rise in energy prices were behind the upward inflation revisions in the European Central Bank economic projections presented last Thursday, ECB’s vice president Luis de Guindos said Monday.

Wages across the euro area have evolved in a similar way to what the ECB saw in June, but productivity is “more moderated”, de Guindos said.

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Lower productivity alongside a rise in energy prices were behind the upward inflation revisions in the European Central Bank economic projections presented last Thursday, ECB’s vice president Luis de Guindos said Monday.

Wages across the euro area have evolved in a similar way to what the ECB saw in June, but productivity is “more moderated”, de Guindos said.

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