The European Central Bank left interest rates unchanged on Thursday, July 23. Analysts, however, do not expect this decision to translate into cheaper mortgages for Slovak borrowers in the coming months. Refresher.sk ↗
According to analysts, a further tightening of monetary policy cannot be ruled out, potentially as soon as the next meeting in September. The ECB made its decision in an environment of heightened uncertainty, as renewed fighting in the Middle East has once again pushed up the prices of oil and energy. The development of energy prices could be an important factor in the further setting of monetary policy. ekonomika.sme.sk ↗
The president of the German central bank, Joachim Nagel, stated that the ECB is well positioned to respond to rising energy prices. At the same time, short-term inflation expectations among consumers in the eurozone fell in June. Expectations for the next 12 months reached 3 percent, compared with 3.5 percent in the ECB's May survey. teraz.sk ↗
The ECB's next decision will therefore depend on whether the pressure from energy prices feeds through into broader inflation. For households in Slovakia, this means that a rapid decline in mortgage rates is not expected for now. ta3.com ↗
ECB Left Rates Unchanged, Mortgages Unlikely to Get Cheaper
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ECB je pre nové boje na Blízkom východe v pohotovosti. Rozhodne o úrokových sadzbách
ekonomika.sme.sk
| 10:29 23.07.
ECB je pre nové boje na Blízkom východe v pohotovosti pred rozhodovaním o úrokových sadzbách
SITA
| 09:23 23.07.
Krátkodobé inflačné očakávania spotrebiteľov v eurozóne sa zmiernili
teraz.sk
| 11:48 24.07.
J. Nagel: ECB je v dobrej pozícii, aby reagovala na rast cien energií
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