Central Banks

ECB’s Nagel Says Structural Forces Could Keep Inflation Higher

  • Demographic trends may lead to persistently higher wage growth
  • Bundesbank president speaks at conference on inflation

Joachim Nagel

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European Central Bank Governing Council member Joachim Nagel said forces including geopolitics and decarbonization could keep consumer-price growth elevated in the years ahead.

“A range of potential factors could lead to higher inflationary pressure in the future,” the Bundesbank president told a conference Tuesday, also citing demographic trends that may lead to “persistently higher wage growth.”