Following its strategic review, we think the ECB will set its formal definition of price stability as an inflation rate of 2%. But it might also adjust its forward guidance to signal some tolerance for a brief period of overshooting 2%. With domestically-generated inflation likely to remain weak for a long time, we think the ECB will need to keep monetary policy loose for longer than investors anticipate.
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