German inflation: below but close to 4%?

We are raising our forecast for HICP inflation in Germany and expect it to peak at over 3.5% this year. But we doubt that this will prompt any policy tightening by the ECB because aggregate euro-zone inflation will stay much lower, and inflation will drop back again in Germany and elsewhere next year.

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