ECB Cuts Inflation Forecast as Draghi Pledges Low Rates
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European Central Bank President Mario Draghi re-affirmed that interest rates will stay low for the foreseeable future, after officials cut their inflation forecast for next year.
“We may experience a prolonged period of low inflation,” Draghi said at a news conference in Frankfurt today, echoing language he used last month after the ECB unexpectedly cut interest rates. Today, the ECB kept its main rates unchanged.