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Euro Area Interest Rate
<strong>Policymakers warned that the energy-driven supply shock was proving more persistent than previously expected, increasing the risk of broader and more entrenched inflationary pressures</strong>, while the war in the Middle East was seen as a key source of uncertainty for both inflation and growth.
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cnbc.com
ECB 'will do what is necessary' to tame inflation, Bank of France governor tells CNBC
At the end of March, ECB President Christine Lagarde said the central bank was ready to hike interest rates, even if an expected rise in inflation proved temporary. "If the shock gives rise to a large, though not-too-persistent, overshoot of our [inflation] target, some measured adjustment of policy could be warranted," Lagarde told an audience at "The ECB and Its Watchers" conference in Frankfurt, Germany.
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cnbc.com
European Central Bank keeps rates on hold in the face of inflation threat
The ECB's decision came after flash data out Thursday showed inflation in the euro zone jumped to 3% in April, driven largely by a rise in energy costs in the region. Growth slowed in the first quarter, expanding by a meager 0.1%. ECB President Christine Lagarde told a press conference Thursday that "domestic demand remains the main driver of growth, supported by a resilient labor market." "However, the economic outlook is highly uncertain and will depend on how long the war in the Middle East lasts and how strongly it affects energy and other commodity markets as well as global supply chains," she said
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ecb.europa.eu
PRESS CONFERENCE - European Central Bank
<strong>The Governing Council today decided to keep the three key ECB interest rates unchanged.</strong> While the incoming information has been broadly consistent with our previous assessment of the inflation outlook, the upside risks to inflation and the downside ...
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ecb.europa.eu
Economic Bulletin Issue 2, 2026 - European Central Bank
A prolonged war in the Middle East could lead to a larger and longer-lasting upward · shift in energy prices than currently expected, raising euro area inflation further. This · could be reinforced and become more persistent if inflation expectations and wage
reuters.com
ECB to hike rates in June and at least once more on war-led inflation spike: Reuters poll | Reuters
The European Central Bank will hike its deposit rate next month and at least once more this year to try to stop the energy price shock from the Middle East war feeding into <strong>core inflation</strong>, according to a majority of economists polled by Reuters.
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