ECB is 'nearly done' with cuts if forecasts hold, Vujcic says
Croatia's central bank governor Boris Vujcic speaks during an interview with Reuters in Zagreb, Croatia, January 21, 2016. To match CROATIA-CENBANK/ REUTERS/Antonio Bronic/File Photo
DUBROVNIK, Croatia (Reuters) -The European Central Bank is "nearly done" cutting interest rates if inflation settles at 2% as expected, ECB policymaker Boris Vujcic said on Saturday.
The ECB cut interest rates on Thursday for the eighth time in the past year and signalled a policy pause next month since inflation was now safely back at its 2% target after three years of overshooting.
"I would agree we are nearly done and that we are in a good position," Croatia's central bank governor told reporters on the sidelines of a conference.
"If our projections materialise as they are in June I would think this is the right qualification of our monetary policy stance."
He warmed any surprises in growth and inflation data would "affect" the ECB's thinking, as would the hard-to-predict outcome of the European Union's trade negotiations with the United States.
(Reporting By Francesco CanepaEditing by Tomasz Janowski)
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