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ECB's Schnabel says that the memory of high inflation remains fresh, and inflation expectations could be more fragile

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  • Can afford to take time to analyse the Iran shock.
  • We are in a relatively favourable position because we were successful in bringing down inflation to 2% before the war started, have monetary policy stance that is broadly neutral.
  • To carefully consider data that may indicate inflation becoming entrenched or having second-round effects.