- ECB's president Lagarde: ECB monitoring FX for impact on inflation
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21 January 2021
ECB's president Lagarde: ECB monitoring FX for impact on inflation
- Incoming data confirm previous near-term assessment
- Eurozone's economy likely contracted in Q4
- Pandemic poses serious risks; vaccination important milestone
- ECB ready to adjust all instruments as needed
- Uncertainty remains high
- Inflation remains very low
- Sees downside risks to short term outlook, but less pronounced
- Renewed infections and lockdowns are disrupting activity
- Services severely curbed
- Interest rates to remain at 0 until at least inflation 'robustly converges' to our target of close to, but below 2%
- Sees upward pressure on inflation over medium term once the pandemic fades
- Market-based expectations of inflation expectations have increased slightly
- ECB will monitor developments in exchange rate
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