欧洲央行管委会成员约阿希姆·纳格尔表示，如果有必要，欧洲央行将采取果断行动，使通胀回到目标水平。
The European Central Bank will take decisive action if needed to bring inflation back to target, Governing Council member Joachim Nagel said.
德国联邦银行行长纳格尔周五对彭博社表示，消费者物价涨幅再次加快，未来几周价格继续上涨的可能性不能排除，能源成本上升是主要推动因素。
Consumer-price growth has picked up again and it cannot be ruled out that prices will continue to rise in the coming weeks, with higher energy costs being a major contributing factor, the Bundesbank president told Bloomberg on Friday.
纳格尔说：“中期通胀预期必须牢固锚定在我们 2% 的通胀目标上。因此，管委会将继续密切关注物价走势，并在必要时果断行动。” 此番言论是在欧洲央行维持借贷成本不变的第二天发表的，此前自伊朗战争导致能源成本飙升以来，欧洲央行已连续两次加息 25 个基点。预计欧元区 10 月通胀率将从上月的 3.8% 加快至 3.9%。
“Medium-term inflation expectations must remain firmly anchored at our inflation target of 2%,” Nagel said. ”The Governing Council will therefore continue to monitor price developments closely and act decisively if necessary.”The remarks come a day after the ECB kept borrowing costs unchanged following two quarter-point hikes since the Iran war sent energy costs soaring. Euro-area inflation is forecast to quicken to 3.9% in October from 3.8% the previous month.
知情人士周四透露，如果通胀前景不改善，官员们准备在 12 月再次收紧政策。目前存款利率为 2.5%，处于货币政策被认为对经济影响中性的区间上限。
People familiar with the situation told Bloomberg on Thursday that officials are ready to tighten again in December if the inflation outlook doesn’t improve. At 2.5%, the deposit rate currently is at the upper limit of a range within which monetary policy is deemed to have a neutral effect on the economy.
纳格尔强调，周四维持利率不变的决定“并非易事”，鉴于近期的通胀趋势。欧洲央行行长拉加德周四表示，在一致决定暂时维持利率不变之前，曾讨论过本月就加息。
Nagel stressed that Thursday’s decision to leave rates unchanged “wasn’t an easy one,” given recent inflation trends. President Christine Lagarde on Thursday said that there was a discussion to already hike this month before there was a unanimous decision to keep them on hold for now.
纳格尔说：“积极的一面是，目前尚未观察到显著的二轮效应。” 但要维持这种局面，“至关重要”的是通胀预期保持锚定。“这也是昨天利率决定传递的一个关键信息。”
“On the positive side, no significant second-round effects have been observed so far,” Nagel said. But for this to remain the case, it’s “crucial” that inflation expectations stay anchored. “This is also a key message of yesterday’s interest rate decision,” Nagel said.