欧洲央行管理委员会成员马丁斯·卡扎克斯表示，如果消费者价格涨幅持续居高不下，可能不得不进一步加息。据Econostream报道。
Central Bank Governing Council member Martins Kazaks said interest rates may have to be lifted further if consumer-price gains remain elevated, according to Econostream.
“通胀远高于目标的故事仍然存在，”这位拉脱维亚官员在周三发表的一篇采访中说。“如果这个故事继续下去，那么可能有必要进一步收紧一些政策。但由于存在相互对立的力量，必须保持谨慎。”卡扎克斯说，这些力量包括近期债券收益率的跳升，这可能对欧洲经济构成压力。
“The story of inflation being way above target is still there,” the Latvian official said in an interview published Wednesday. “If this story continues, then some more policy tightening might be necessary. But one has to be cautious because of opposing forces.”Those forces include the recent jump in bond yields, which risk weighing on Europe’s economy, Kazaks said.
“市场带来了一些额外的收紧，”他说。“这将拖慢经济增长，而这可能会抑制部分通胀压力。”
“There is some extra tightening from markets,” he said. “That will slow economic growth, which might curb some of the inflationary pressures.”
卡扎克斯已经将经济和劳动力市场描述为“并没有强到足以让工资要求再次被推至新高”。欧洲央行将于10月29日下次设定借贷成本，投资者绝大多数预计政策制定者将把存款利率维持在2.5%。
Already, Kazaks described the economy and labor market as “not that strong for wage demands to be pushed again to new heights.”The ECB will next set borrowing costs on Oct. 29, with investors overwhelmingly predicting policymakers will keep the deposit rate at 2.5%.