ECB normalisation will be long and slow - Praet

Reuters

Published Sep 25, 2018 09:33

ECB normalisation will be long and slow - Praet

LONDON (Reuters) - European Central Bank policy will need to remain accommodating for a long time to come, Peter Praet, the bank's chief economist said on Tuesday, playing down speculation that the ECB was getting ready to tighten policy more quickly.

ECB president Mario Draghi predicted on Monday a "relatively vigorous" pick-up in underlying inflation, taken by some investors as a signal for a quicker pace in normalising policy.