In a CNBC interview, ECB President Christine Lagarde said policy makers try to asses the situation “based on figures, on data, on facts”, rather than on basis of “hearsay, assumption here, price increases there.”
She noted, things have “picked up faster” for growth, inflation and employment, and it’s a “package of good news”. For prices, ECB thought “there will be a return to much more stability in the year to come because many of the causes of higher prices are temporary.”.