October 17, 2024 13:38 GMT
MNI BRIEF: ECB Rates Are Still Restrictive - Lagarde
Rates remain restrictive, even after October cut, ECB head says.
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MNI (LONDON) - There is "no doubt" that interest rates are still restrictive, European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde said on Thursday, but she also noted that the Governing Council did not see the eurozone slipping into recession.
"On the basis of the information that we have, we do not see a recession. We are still looking at a soft landing. We are concerned about growth to the extent that it impacts inflation and we have to be particularly attentive to both," she added after the ECB cut rates.
"Have we broken the neck of inflation? Not yet. Are we in the process of breaking that neck? Yes,” she said.
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