ECB’s Lagarde Does Not See Risk of Stagflation

ECB’s Lagarde Does Not See Risk of Stagflation
President of European Central Bank Christine Lagarde addresses a news conference in Frankfurt, Germany, on March 10, 2022. Daniel Roland/Pool via Reuters
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BERLIN—The European Central Bank does not expect the war in Ukraine to push the euro zone into stagflation even if it does push up inflation due to higher energy prices and push down growth, president Christine Lagarde was quoted as saying on Saturday.

“Incoming data don’t point to a material risk of stagflation,” Lagarde said in an interview with Phileleftheros published by the ECB on its website.