European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde said the euro-area economy is still growing even as concerns over the outlook continue to mount in the face of surging energy costs.
“Europe is not in recession,” Lagarde said Wednesday at an event in Washington, adding that “we never had such a positive employment situation.”
Lagarde also said that wages — which are closely watched by central bankers — have so far avoided staging so-called second round effects that would threaten entrench elevated inflation for longer.
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