ECB's Stark says inflation expectations may rise

European Central Bank executive board member Juergen Stark said in an interview he sees a risk that inflation expectations will rise if the market thinks the ECB is tolerating an inflation rate above 2 pct.

In an interview with Handelsblatt newspaper, Stark said the ECB is getting mixed signals on whether inflation expectations would harden, with one set of data coming from the EU Commission's consumer survey showing short-term inflation expectations have increased.

'We get different signals

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