ECB Vice President Luis de Guindos addressed inflation expectations at an event today, noting that “headline inflation is there at 2.4%, core inflation below 3%.” He projected that inflation will “fluctuate around these values” in the coming months.
Looking further ahead, de Guindos expressed confidence in achieving ECB’s long-term inflation goal, stating, “In the medium term, in the year 2025, we will be moving in a stable way towards our price stability objective which is 2%.”