- Lagarde speech: Price decline is not stable
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2 March 2023
Lagarde speech: Price decline is not stable
European Central Bank (ECB) President Christine Lagarde, in an interview with Spanish TV on Thursday, is touching upon topics such as the economic impact of the war in Ukraine and rising prices and interest rates hikes.
Key quotes
“Inflation has lowered in the last three months though has risen a bit in February, so price decline is not stable.“
“We are sure prices will go down but inflation is still too high.”
“Bringing down inflation will however still take some time.”
“The base effects are likely to slow March inflation.”
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Market reaction
EUR/USD is holding lower near 1.0630 on Lagarde’s comments, losing 0.30% so far.
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