ECB’s Centeno: Should start cutting rates sooner rather than later
|European Central Bank (ECB) policymaker Mario Centeno said on Monday that the central bank “should start cutting rates sooner rather than later, but avoid abrupt moves.”
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Inflation is decreasing in a sustained manner.
Almost all factors that drove prices up have dissipated.
No need to wait for wages data in May to make rate decisions.
There are no visible second-round effects of wage hikes.
Market reaction
EUR/USD is heading lower toward 1.0800 on the above comments, losing 0.26% on the day.
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