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ECB officials focus on blocking energy shock from spreading to inflation

BNY says the ECB sees direct higher energy-price effects and some cost passthrough, but no wage or corporate pricing second-round impacts so far.

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European Central Bank officials are focused on preventing an energy shock and Middle East uncertainty from feeding into broader Eurozone inflation dynamics, according to BNY’s Geoff Yu.

BNY reports that ECB officials Piero Cipollone and Martin Kocher said the ECB is seeing the direct impact of higher energy prices and some indirect passthrough to production costs, but they have not yet identified second-round effects such as wage pressure or corporate pricing behavior.

Both officials pointed to a data-dependent approach, keeping rate policy options open while monitoring whether inflation expectations become less anchored amid elevated uncertainty, BNY said.

BNY also noted that Bundesbank President Joachim Nagel reiterated the need for vigilance on inflation expectations, alongside recent data showing euro area industrial production fell 0.2% month over month and 1.2% year over year in May, initial estimates.

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