ECB could raise rates this year, board member tells Dublin event
Frank Elderson says he wouldn’t exclude lift-off in interest rates later this year
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Frank Elderson says he wouldn’t exclude lift-off in interest rates later this year
The European Central Bank (ECB) is the central bank of the 19 European Union countries which have adopted the euro. Our main task is to maintain price stability in the euro area and so preserve the purchasing power of the single currency.
The European Central Bank could still raise interest rates this year, even if its guidance gives it wide discretion over the timing of the move, ECB board member Frank Elderson said on Thursday. “I would not exclude a lift-off still in the course of this year,” Elderson told a financial event. He added that the ...
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