Economics

Former ECB Chief Economist Praet Sees Period of Stagflation

  • ECB ‘should have taken inflation seriously sooner,’ Praet says
  • Peter Praet was member of ECB Executive board 2011-2019

Peter Praet

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Europe may well be about to face a crippling combination of spiraling consumer prices and weak economic output, according to former European Central Bank Chief Economist Peter Praet.