ECB’s Cipollone positive about September rate cut

Data “confirms our direction of travel”, board member says

European Central Bank
European Central Bank

Data collected by the European Central Bank (ECB) is pointing towards a September rate cut, board member Piero Cipollone told Le Monde on September 4.

Although he did not commit to a monetary policy path, Cipollone cautioned against a “real risk” that the ECB’s stance would become “too restrictive”, as a delay in easing policy could put Europe “at a serious disadvantage”.

The ECB held rates at its most recent meeting in July, having been one of the first major central banks to cut them. At its

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