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ECB's Villeroy reaffirms deposit rates could be at 2% by this summer

55th annual World Economic Forum (WEF) meeting in Davos
February 22, 2025
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PARIS (Reuters) - The European Central Bank could cut its deposit rate down to 2% by this summer, said Bank of France head and ECB policymaker Francois Villeroy de Galhau in an interview published on Saturday.

"Seen from where we are today, we could be at 2% by the coming summer," he told the magazine Alternatives Economiques.

Villeroy also reaffirmed that sector consolidation among European banks could make them more competitive on a global level.

ECB's Villeroy reaffirms deposit rates could be at 2% by this summer
55th annual World Economic Forum (WEF) meeting in Davos

On January 30, the European Central Bank cut its deposit rate by 25 basis points to 2.75%, and policymakers guided for a further reduction in March as concerns over lacklustre economic growth supersede worries about persistent inflation.

(Reporting by Sudip Kar-Gupta, Editing by Rosalba O'Brien)

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