Europe Intelligence Brief — Friday, September 11, 2026

Rio Times · Europe Intelligence Brief September 11, 2026 Europe Intelligence Brief — Friday, September 11, 2026 Europe Intelligence Brief — Friday, September 11, 2026 Key Facts The forecast. The European Central Bank’s updated projections, published with Thursday’s Berlin decision, see euro-area inflation averaging 3.0 per cent this year and 2.5 per cent next — above the two-per-cent target throughout — with the projections for 2027 and 2028 revised upward. The gas line. At Thursday’s press conference a questioner put it to President Lagarde directly: the adverse scenario that priced gas at 60 euros a megawatt-hour in June now confronts an actual price around 82 euros — a stress line drawn by the strait of Hormuz being effectively closed to tanker traffic. The phrase. President Christine Lagarde offered “no pre-commitment” on the next meeting, telling Berlin the decision to raise the dep

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