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'Sense of Urgency' as ECB Rate Cut Talk Rises
The euro had its biggest one-day fall in almost a year on Wednesday after a prominent European Central Bank (ECB) official said there was a possibility of an interest rate cut in the euro zone and analysts tell CNBC there's plenty of reason to take him seriously. The ECB could lower interest rates further if the economic data warrant it, ECB Governing Council member and Bundesbank President Jens Weidmann was quoted by the Wall Street Journal as saying on Wednesday in remarks that knocked the euro more than 1 percent lower to $1.30. The single currency was only a touch firmer in early Asia trade on Thursday, nursing ... (full story)
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