ECB’s Lagarde: Inflation Drivers Will Ease Gradually in 2022

European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde addresses the European Parliament during a debate on the 2018 annual report of the ECB in Strasbourg, France, on Feb. 11, 2020. Vincent Kessler/Reuters

PARIS—Inflation in the eurozone will decrease gradually over the year as its main drivers, such as surging energy prices and supply bottlenecks, are expected to ease, European Central Bank (ECB) head Christine Lagarde told France Inter radio.

“This will stabilise and ease gradually in the course of 2022,” she said.