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MNI BRIEF: ECB Should Cut, Remain Gradual, Data Focused-Kazaks

Bank of Latvia Governor addresses MNI Connect event on monetary policy.
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MNI (LONDON) - The European Central Bank should cut rates when it meets in December, but policy adjustment should remain gradual and data-dependent, Bank of Latvia Governor Martins Kazaks told an MNI Connect event Tuesday, though he accepted policymakers needed to remain both "agile and flexible" if needed. (See MNI SOURCES: ECB Heads For 25BP Cut; Risks From Trump, Germany )

Kazaks, who sits on the ECB's Governing Council, noted the risks still outstanding for the eurozone economy, not least potential U.S. tariffs. However, he said the ECB needed to react to actually policy decisions from Washington, "not policy expectations."

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MNI (LONDON) - The European Central Bank should cut rates when it meets in December, but policy adjustment should remain gradual and data-dependent, Bank of Latvia Governor Martins Kazaks told an MNI Connect event Tuesday, though he accepted policymakers needed to remain both "agile and flexible" if needed. (See MNI SOURCES: ECB Heads For 25BP Cut; Risks From Trump, Germany )

Kazaks, who sits on the ECB's Governing Council, noted the risks still outstanding for the eurozone economy, not least potential U.S. tariffs. However, he said the ECB needed to react to actually policy decisions from Washington, "not policy expectations."

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