The jump in energy prices since the weekend’s military attacks is a mild stagflationary shock for the euro-zone. If the increase is sustained, it would add around 0.3 percentage points to inflation, and activity would be fractionally weaker. This would make rate cuts by the ECB slightly less likely than otherwise.
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