Friday, May 18, 2007

Czech Central Banker Singer Says Time for Rate Increase Is Approaching

(Bloomberg) -- The Czech central bank may soon raise
the benchmark interest rate, the lowest in the European Union,
because anti-inflationary influences such as the strength of the
koruna ``have faded away,'' said Deputy Governor Miroslav Singer.

Rate-setters, who maintained the two-week repurchase rate at
2.5 percent for seven months, can no longer ignore quickening
consumer-price growth and the effect of higher borrowing costs
abroad, Singer said in a May 16 interview in Prague.


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