(ANSA) - ROME, DECEMBER 08 - "The unstable environment" due to various shocks such as the war in Ukraine, the pandemic and the energy crisis, "poses significant risks to financial stability in Europe. Risks increased by weakening economic prospects": said the president of the ECB, Christine Lagarde, opening the conference of the European Systemic Risk Board (ESRB).
Lagarde recalled that in this context "monetary policy is adjusting to ensure that high inflation does not consolidate and returns to 2% in the medium term".
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