ECB December forecasts set to paint a rosier outlook for growth and inflation – Danske Bank
|In view of Aila Mihr, Analyst at Danske Bank, strong economic data in recent months and comments from ECB members point to an upward revision of the ECB’s GDP forecast.
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“Jens Weidmann: ‘Evidence is mounting the economic outlook will be at least as good as previously forecast, if not even better.’”
“Yves Mersch: ‘No-one would be overly surprised if we would again slightly revise upwards our projections for growth.’”
“Inflation: We expect the ECB to revise up its inflation forecast for 2018 due to higher energy price inflation driven by recent higher oil prices. The new 2020 forecast will probably show a further pickup in inflation towards the target, driven by the ECB’s belief in increasing underlying inflation pressures in the light of the continued strong economic momentum and a growing urge in the Governing Council to move ahead with monetary policy normalisation.”
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