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The European Central Banks insistence that surging consumer prices wont endure is being tested so repeatedly that inflation now threatens to overshadow a meeting in two weeks time to revamp pandemic stimulus.

German inflation surged more than expected in November, complicating the European Central Banks mission to convince consumers that the current spike will soon ease.

European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde doubled down on her assessment that euro-area inflation will ease as economies rebound, falling back below the 2% target in the medium term.

European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde renewed her pushback against market bets for an interest-rate increase in 2022 after an attempt last week left investors unimpressed.

European Central Bank President Christine Lagardes bid to drive home a commitment to ultra-loose monetary policy fell short on Thursday as investors kept alive bets for interest-rate hikes as soon as next year.

The European Central Bank insists the current price spike will ease, though officials most up-to-date view will be revealed at a decision on the eve of those reports along with their assessment of an economy whose snapback from the pandemic is going awry.

European Central Bank officials have some convincing to do about their commitment to rock-bottom interest rates, at a time when investors are growing skeptical.

French President Emmanuel Macron must soon make the biggest decision for years to come on the makeup of the European Central Banks policymakers: whether to reappoint the Bank of France governor.

The European Central Bank will slow down the pace of its pandemic bond-buying program in the final three months of 2021, an acknowledgment that the euro areas recovery is strong enough to endure with less support.

Euro-area inflation jumped to the highest in a decade in August, testing policymakers insistence that a post-crisis spike in cost pressures should prove temporary.

The European Central Bank raised its inflation goal and said it is willing to tolerate a limited overshoot of the target, the outcome of a strategy revamp aimed at bolstering the economy after years of lackluster prices and growth.

The European Central Bank renewed its pledge to maintain faster emergency bond-buying despite significant upgrades to its outlook for growth and inflation, as it attempts to sustain the euro area after more than a year of debilitating economic crisis.