The ECB holds the course: rates will remain unchanged

Martins Kazaks, a member of the ECB's Governing Council, expressed the opinion that further interest rate cuts are unlikely unless serious economic shocks occur. 

He stressed that with the current inflation rate at 2% and the eurozone economy developing mainly in accordance with the latest forecasts of the ECB, it is difficult to justify the need for a rate adjustment in September. Until recently, most analysts predicted such a move, but at this stage the situation does not look so obvious.

Kazaks noted that keeping rates at their current levels has its own significance, since the days of unequivocal decisions on raising or lowering are already over. Under the current circumstances, the most reasonable approach is a strict control policy.

These statements hint that the ECB is likely to maintain the current course of monetary policy, refraining from further steps to ease it in the near future.