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Euro-Zone Inflation May Temporarily Rebound, ECB’s Guindos Says

  • ‘Premature’ to discuss interest-rate cuts, vice president says
  • ‘Energy prices remain a major source of uncertainty’

Shoppers and commuters in Nuremberg, Germany. 

Photographer: Ben Kilb/Bloomberg
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European Central Bank Vice President Luis de Guindos warned that consumer-price growth may pick up again temporarily, though its prevailing direction is downwards.

Speaking to the Frankfurt Euro Finance Week on Monday, he said that the euro-zone economy will stay subdued for now though it should then strengthen again, while there are signs that the labor market is starting to weaken.