Central Banks

ECB’s Centeno Calls September Rate-Cut Decision ‘Easy’

  • Inflation must be curbed with least sacrifice, he says
  • Portuguese central-bank chief speaks in Jackson Hole interview

Mario Centeno

Photographer: Hollie Adams/Bloomberg
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The decision for the European Central Bank to lower interest rates next month is straight-forward, according to Governing Council member Mario Centeno.

“Of course the most likely move in terms of monetary policy is to continue cutting rates,” the Portuguese central-bank head said Friday at the Federal Reserve’s annual conference in Jackson Hole.