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The European Central Bank is to make an interest rate decision in June

ECB's Knot says inflation picture for June still unclear

ECB policymakers will need to get a clearer picture of the effects of US and EU trade policies on inflation before they can decide whether interest rates need to be cut in June, ECB governing council member Klaas Knot said.

Business • 20 May

The ECB raised euro zone interest rates at a record pace in 2022 and 2023 to combat inflation

ECB can gradually cut rates if inflation heading to 2%

The European Central Bank can gradually lower interest rates as long as inflation is seen hitting its 2% target by the end of 2025, at the latest, Dutch policymaker Klaas Knot said today.

Business • 27 Aug 24

ECB to focus on quarterly meetings with slow rate cuts

The European Central Bank can gradually reduce interest rates given the decline in inflation, and decisions on future cuts could centre around quarterly meetings with new economic projections, Dutch central bank chief Klaas Knot said today.

Business • 28 May 24

ECB President Christine Lagarde said today that the ECB was on the right path to get inflation back to 2% but she was not yet ready to declare victory

ECB's Knot pushes back on rate cut bets

Investor bets for European Central Bank rate cuts are excessive and possibly self defeating because they could actually hold back monetary easing, Dutch central bank chief Klaas Knot told CNBC today.

Business • 17 Jan 24

Professor Philip Lane, the ECB's chief economist

ECB's Lane sees good case for 'soft landing' of economy

European Central Bank chief economist Philip Lane said today there was still a "good case" for the euro zone economy to avoid a recession despite a tightening credit market.

Business • 02 Nov 23

ECB chief Christine Lagarde are among the headline acts on the last day of Davos

ECB's Lagarde says uptick in inflation 'really minor'

European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde has dismissed a recent uptick in euro zone inflation as "really minor".

Business • 24 Jan 20

Britain is due to leave the EU on January 31

Hard Brexit may be as damaging as no-deal Brexit - Knot

A hard Brexit at the end of 2020 remains a possibility and could cut deep into foreign trade, much as if Britain were to leave the EU without a deal, European Central Bank policymaker Klaas Knot said today.

Business • 08 Jan 20

Klaas Knot