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ECB will raise interest rates if needed, but shift can take some time - Weidmann

From reuters.com

Bundesbank President Jens Weidmann warned euro zone governments forced to increase public debt to support their economies during the coronavirus pandemic not to expect the European Central Bank to keep interest rates low forever. “We will not take into consideration sovereign debt servicing costs if price stability mandates higher interest rates,” Weidmann, a member of the ECB’s Governing Council, told the Rheinische Post newspaper in remarks published on Thursday. “In their own interest, governments should prepare for a rise in interest rates and not pretend that their debt burden can be serviced easily,” said ... (full story)

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