The ECB will not adjust monetary policy with the peak of inflation this year

Tuesday morning in Asia, Isabel Schnabel, Member of the Executive Board of the European Central Bank (ECB), joined the chorus of global central bankers who defy fears of a reflation.

The ECB official initially highlighted the expectations that the German inflation could “exceed 3% this year”, before declaring, “but the European Central Bank considers that it is a transitory increase and will not adjust the policy in response.”

With oil prices rebounding after their collapse a year ago, eurozone inflation is already close to the ECB’s nearly 2% target, but underlying price growth – a measure that policy makers closely follow – remains below 1%, Reuters said

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