ECB’s Villeroy: normalisation of interest rates in euro zone probably not complete

ECB Is Nearing 2% Inflation Goal, Three Years After Policy Pivot

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ECB’s Villeroy: normalisation of interest rates in euro zone probably not complete

PARIS (Reuters) -The normalisation of interest rates in the euro zone is probably not complete, European Central Bank (ECB) policymaker Francois Villeroy de Galhau said on Tuesday. “This normalisation is probably not complete, and we are likely to see this at our governing council next week,” Villeroy – who is also head of the Bank of France – said in a speech. The ECB’s governing council, which sets monetary policy for the euro area, is schedul…

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Wage growth in the Eurozone is slowing sharply in the first quarter of 2025, so the European Central Bank (ECB) is expected to cut interest rates soon, already at the next monetary policy meeting on June 5. According to ECB data, wages rose by just 2.4 percent year-on-year, a significant drop compared to 4.1 percent in the last quarter of 2024 and well below last year's peak growth of 5.4 percent. The slowdown in wage growth further reinforces t…

The vote increases that the "interest rate normalisation" in the euro area is not yet complete - and the ECB will therefore reduce interest rates again next week.

Is the Eurozone gearing up for higher inflation? - Brussels Report

By Gaudrimas Burčius  Last year, the European Central Bank (ECB) made a significant change to its monetary policy, ending the intensive monetary tightening from 2022 onwards and focusing on the recovery of the stagnating euro area economy in mid-2024. However, despite the proclaimed victory over inflation, the risk associated with cheap money has not disappeared: the amount of currency in circulation has started to increase again, which could ag…