ECB Should Consider Pausing Rate Cuts in April, Wunsch Says

The European Central Bank should consider holding interest rates steady at its next meeting as US trade policy complicates its decision-making, according to Governing Council member Pierre Wunsch.

Tariffs from President Donald Trump’s administration threaten to boost inflation while slowing economic growth, the Belgian central-bank chief said in an interview with CNBC. The risk to prices may now be to the upside, he warned.