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Lane Expects ‘Pretty Stagnant’ Economy For Rest Of This Year

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  • ECB member, Philip Lane, has been speaking in an interview with Het Financieele Dagblad where he emphasised the data dependent nature of the ECB and highlighted the global uncertainties currently present. Lane described the economy as being ‘pretty stagnant’ for the rest of this year and stated the ECB will remain on guard for an extended period.
  • The full interview can be found here.
  • Some key headlines below:
    • Economy to be `pretty stagnant' for rest of 2023
    • We'll keep interest rates high as long as necessary
    • Inflation shocks possible, ECB must be open to doing more
    • We are data-dependent. the world is full of uncertainty.
    • We’re going to be on guard for an extended period.
    • We think inflation will return to 2% by 2025
    • ECB still some way from goal, must monitor wage deals (BBG)

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