Central Banks

ECB Rates Not Far Off ‘Final Destination,’ Panetta Tells Monde

  • ‘Our monetary tightening will be felt in the coming months’
  • ‘Inflation is too high, but there is no reason to worry’
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The European Central Bank isn’t done raising borrowing costs, though it doesn’t have a lot further to go, Executive Board member Fabio Panetta told Le Monde.

“I think now is not the time to go too fast, because we have already come a long way,” he said. “We have not yet reached the final destination, but we are not far from it.”