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Does the ECB balance of risks matter for monetary policy decisions?
[La balance des risques importe-t-elle dans les décisions de politique monétaire de la BCE ?]

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  • Klodiana Istrefi
  • Giulia Sestieri

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The ECB balance of risks for price stability and growth provides useful information on the Governing Council’s assessment of risks to the euro area outlook. Abstracting from unconventional monetary policy measures, an analysis since mid-2003 shows that: i) upside risks to inflation are associated with rate hikes, ii) downward risks to growth with rate cuts, and iii) in the case of conflicting signals, inflation takes priority. La BCE évalue et communique une balance des risques pour la stabilité des prix et la croissance. Celle-ci fournit des informations utiles sur l’appréciation par le Conseil des gouverneurs des risques pesant sur les perspectives de la zone euro. En faisant abstraction des mesures de politique monétaire non conventionnelles, l’analyse depuis mi-2003 montre que : a) aux risques à la hausse pour l’inflation sont associés des hausses de taux, b) aux risques à la baisse pour la croissance des baisses de taux, et c) dans le cas de signaux contradictoires, la priorité est donnée à l’inflation.

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  • Klodiana Istrefi & Giulia Sestieri, 2019. "Does the ECB balance of risks matter for monetary policy decisions? [La balance des risques importe-t-elle dans les décisions de politique monétaire de la BCE ?]," Eco Notepad (in progress) 127, Banque de France.
  • Handle: RePEc:bfr:econot:127
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