Europe and the U.S. face a high possibility of economic crisis as reserve banks are required to strongly tighten up financial policy to fight inflation, according to Deutsche Bank CEO Christian Sewing.
The U.S. Federal Reserve, European Central Bank, Swiss National Bank and the Bank of England all transferred to check inflation recently, albeit to differing degrees.
Consumer rate inflation in the euro zone struck a fresh record high of 8.1% in May and the ECB has actually verified its objective to start treking rates of interest at its July conference.
Central bank leaders and financial experts around the globe have actually acknowledged that the aggressive tightening up that might be essential to check inflation might run the risk of tipping economies into economic crisis, with development currently slowing due to a confluence of international elements.
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Europe’s distance to the war in Ukraine and its dependence on Russian energy imports render the continent distinctively susceptible to the dispute and a prospective interruption of Russian gas streams.
“One thing is clear: if there is a sudden stop of Russian gas, the likelihood of a recession coming sooner is obviously far higher. There is no doubt,” Sewing informed CNBC’s Annette Weisbach in an unique interview.
“But I would say that overall, we have such a challenging situation that the probability of a recession also in Germany, or in Europe in 2023 or the year after, is higher than we have seen it in any of the previous years, and that is not only the impact of this awful war, but look at the inflation, look at what that means for monetary policy.”
Along with inflation coming from the war in Ukraine and associated sanctions on Russia, supply chains have actually likewise been stymied by resurgent post-pandemic need and a return of Covid-19 control steps, most especially in China.
“That is such a challenging situation that we have three, four drivers which can severely impact the economy, and all of that coming together in one and the same time means that there is enough pressure and a lot of pressure on the economy, and hence the likelihood of a recession coming into Europe, but also in the U.S., is quite high,” Sewing stated.
Sewing: Inflation ‘actually stresses me most’
Given this confluence of obstacles, Sewing stated he is significantly hesitant to depend on standard designs as the economy deals with a “perfect storm” of “three or four real levers which can cause, at the end of the day, a recession.”
Sewing stated inflation was the most significant issue, nevertheless.
“I would say that the inflation is something that really worries me most and therefore I do think that the signal which we got from the central banks, be it the Fed but now also the ECB, is the right signal,” he stated.
“We need to fight inflation because at the end of the day, inflation is the biggest poison for the economy.”
