ECB Inflation Expectations Crash; Slashed By Half In Just 9 Months

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Back in March the ECB predicted 2014 inflation would be 1.0%, with prices rising to 1.3% in 2015. Since then one can say that deflation has once again taken hold, and following two consecutive cuts to 2014 inflation expectations, moments ago Draghi just released the ECB’s latest set of inflation expectations. In a nutshell: in just 9 short months, the ECB’s current year inflation forecast has been cut in half, with 2015 inflation also down nearly 50%, from 1.3% to 0.7%.

Of course, now that deflation is apparently stimulative according to the global Keynesian think tank, because plunging oil prices are supposedly a “tax cut” equivalent and will “force consumers to spend more”, this is good news right?

This post was published at Zero Hedge on 12/04/2014.