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- ECB policymaker Escrivá emphasizes monitoring incoming data over projections for guiding policy decisions, noting stable Euro zone inflation expectations. This suggests a cautious approach to future rate cuts, potentially creating a slight headwind for US equities as global monetary policy divergence could strengthen the dollar.
Investing.com -- Euro zone inflation expectations have remained largely unchanged, but the European Central Bank should keep monitoring incoming data to guide policy decisions, ECB policymaker José Luis Escrivá said on Wednesday.
Speaking to an audience in Washington on the sidelines of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank’s Spring Meetings, Escrivá emphasized the importance of real-time information over projections.
"It’s much more important now (to watch) incoming information and how it’s digested than projections," he said.
The ECB policymaker noted that inflation expectations "haven’t seen too much change" and stressed the need for the central bank to continue tracking this metric alongside other data.
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