fed speech, 2006-01-18
Confronted with a series of adverse exogenous supply shocks (affecting in particular oil prices, food products and services prices) leading to a rise in the HICP of above 2% in year-on-year terms from 2000 to 2002, the level around which the HICP has hovered since, the Eurosystem has been able to achieve its main objective: since the Eurosystem became responsible for monetary policy in the euro area, HICP inflation has averaged 2%, which is near to the 'close to but below 2%' at which we aim over the medium term.
Sentiment: neutral
Topic: mp_interest_rate