Central Banks

ECB’s Inflation Fight Isn’t Over, Holzmann Tells Sueddeutsche

  • For underlying inflation ‘things don’t look so good,’ he says
  • Markets are betting on a third interest-rate cut on Oct. 17
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The European Central Bank mustn’t declare victory over inflation prematurely because underlying price pressures remain too high, Governing Council member Robert Holzmann told German newspaper Sueddeutsche ZeitungBloomberg Terminal.

“Inflation is on the right track — but it isn’t defeated,” the Austrian central-bank chief said in an interview published Monday, attributing a “major” part of the recent retreat to falling energy costs.