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ECB has ‘luxury’ to wait on interest rate rises, says top policymaker

ECB policymaker says central bank can wait on rate hikes despite energy price surge from Iran war.

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the ecb can afford to wait before raising rates, according to latvian central bank governor mārtiņš kazāks. he said there's no rush to respond to higher energy prices driven by the iran war. kazāks made the comments in an interview, framing the ecb's position as having "luxury" to hold steady.
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