Russia-Ukraine gas transit stop is not a game changer

The termination of European imports of pipeline natural gas from Russia via Ukraine will only increase the EU’s dependence on imports of LNG and ensure that energy prices there remain much higher than in the US. The latest rise in EU natural gas prices won’t move the needle on the outlook for inflation and interest rates. But high gas prices will maintain the pressure on the industrial sector.

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