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Lagarde: Possibility Of Upside Risk To Inflation

ECB
Q: The inflation outlook in 2023/2024 is not far from target. How do you see the upside risks to the medium term forecast and how would you react if these materialise? Would a potential reactivation of PEPP be announced and would this be done in the existing EUR1.85trn envelope?
  • A: We are making progress towards the inflation target. Looking at the three criteria of our forward guidance, we are not there yet. There is a possibility of an upside risk. The numbers are not telling us that we are seeing second round effects.
  • On PEPP, the decision will be taken by the GC, it won’t happen randomly. In the statement, we have not specified an amount. It is dependent on the GC and circumstances.

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