ECB President Lagarde says wages not showing material response to energy shock
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ECB President Lagarde says wages not showing material response to energy shock Russia is reportedly preparing to extend the diesel export ban for another month, TASS reports Saudi Aramco is considering discounts on OSPs for crude loaded off Oman via ship-to-ship transfers to offset record freight rates, according to reports A President saying wages are not responding materially is a dovish signal on that specific channel, pointing toward looking through the shock rather than pre-empting it, and in comparable episodes that framing has weighted on the front end and on inflation expectations pricing rather than on the long end. The distinction that matters is between negotiated wage settlements, which the ECB tracks as its preferred gauge and which move slowly, and shorter-horizon indicators such as vacancy data and trackers, which can turn first; remarks of this sort raise the sensitivity of the next wage prints to the statement. Presidential framing of this kind also tends to preview the staff forecast round, where the wage assumption has historically been the swing variable in the medium-term inflation projection. The follow-ons are whether other Governing Council members echo the assessment and how it sits against the next negotiated-wage release. As verbal steering rather than a decision, the signal is directional on reaction function, not on timing.
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