- ECB’s Villeroy: Interest rates are near peak, options open for next meetings
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ECB’s Villeroy: Interest rates are near peak, options open for next meetings
European Central Bank's (ECB) Governing Council member Francois Villeroy de Galhau reiterated on Wednesday, “our options are open at the next and the upcoming rate meetings,” adding that “we are near or very near the peak regarding interest rates.”
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There is slowdown but no recession.
May even raise a bit our growth forecast for france for 2023.
Had first successes on battle against inflation but we need to persevere.
We must bring inflation down to 2% level between now and 2025.
Recent petrol prices variation can impact monthly rhythm of inflation, but this does not change underlying disinflation trend.
Tackling inflation remains our priority.
In our fight against inflation, maintaining rates for a sufficiently long period now counts for more than further significant rises.
Market reaction
EUR/USD is unperturbed by the ambiguous remarks from the ECB policymaker, currently trading 0.15% higher on the day at 1.0733.
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