European Central Bank (ECB) Executive Board member Piero Cipollone said on Monday, “the inflation target may be reached sooner than the last projections indicated.”
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Key elements strengthen the case for further rate cuts.
Current conditions make further policy easing conceivable.
Market reaction
At the time of writing, the EUR/USD pair is up 0.23% on the day, trading near 1.0840.
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