🏦 ECB'S LAGARDE RUNNING HEADLINES

*LAGARDE: INFLATION PICKUP LARGELY ON ACCOUNT OF BASE EFFECTS

*LAGARDE: PREMATURE TIGHTENING POSES RISK TO GROWTH, INFLATION

*LAGARDE SAYS ECB WILL MONITOR FX RATE

*LAGARDE SAYS ECB READY TO ADJUST ALL INSTRUMENTS AS NEEDED

*ECB'S PRESIDENT LAGARDE: IN THE SECOND QUARTER, SURVEYS SHOW SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT

*LAGARDE: RECOVERY TO BE BUOYED BY STRONGER DOMESTIC DEMAND

*ECB SEES 2021 GDP GROWTH AT 4.6% VS. 4%

*ECB SEES 2022 GDP GROWTH AT 4.7% VS. 4.1%

*LAGARDE: PRICE PRESSURES TO REMAIN SUBDUED OVERALL

*LAGARDE: INFLATION TO DECLINE AT START OF 2022

*LAGARDE: SLACK, HIGHER EURO DAMP INFLATION PRESSURES

*ECB RAISES 2021 INFLATION FORECAST TO 1.9% VS 1.5%

*ECB'S PRESIDENT LAGARDE: TEMPORARY FACTORS ARE BEHIND OUR INFLATION PROJECTION RISE

*LAGARDE: FISCAL MEASURES SHOULD BE TEMPORARY, COUNTERCYCLICAL

*LAGARDE SAYS WE WERE SOMEWHAT MORE OPTIMISTIC ABOUT OUTLOOK THAN 3 MONTHS AGO

*ECB'S PRESIDENT LAGARDE: WE'RE STILL A LONG WAY FROM OUR ULTIMATE INFLATION GOAL

*LAGARDE: INFLATION TO DECLINE AT START OF 2022

*ECB'S PRESIDENT LAGARDE: WE WILL BUY BASED ON MARKET CONDITIONS, TAKING SEASONALITY INTO CONSIDERATION

*LAGARDE: TOO EARLY, PREMATURE TO DISCUSS LONGER-TERM POLICY

*LAGARDE: PEPP EXIT TALK TO COME `IN DUE COURSE,' TOO EARLY NOW'

*LAGARDE: ECB TO PUBLISH TWO SCENARIOS FOR ECONOMIC OUTLOOK

*ECB'S PRESIDENT LAGARDE: PEPP'S SPEED WAS A POINT OF CONTENTION

*LAGARDE: HERE AND THERE SOME DIVERGING VIEWS ON PEPP PACE

*ECB'S PRESIDENT LAGARDE: IN MID-JULY, THE ECB IS TO DECIDE ON GIVING THE GO-AHEAD FOR THE DIGITAL EURO EXPLORATION PHASE