National bank president to keep ‘very close eye’ on inflation
Thomas Jordan warned against dramatising the situation
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The president of the Swiss National Bank (SNB), Thomas Jordan, says he takes the significant rise in inflation seriously and that one must “keep a very close eye on how it continues”.
Some of this inflation is “certainly temporary” and will decline again, Jordan said in an interviewExternal link with Swiss public radio, SRF, on Monday. But all central banks must also be careful “that it doesn’t become permanent”.
At the same time, he warned against dramatising the situation. In the short term, there are always major movements in the price level, he said. “The National Bank’s job is to ensure price stability in the medium and long term.”
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