Today: October 21, 2024
Today: October 21, 2024

ECB's Simkus says rates may need to go below 'natural' level

New governor of Lithuanian central bank Simkus poses in Vilnius
October 21, 2024
Reuters

VILNIUS (Reuters) - The European Central Bank is likely to cut its key interest rate down to its "natural" level between 2% and 3% but it may need to reduce it even further if a fall in inflation becomes entrenched, ECB policymaker Gediminas Simkus said on Monday.

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