ECB accounts: Holding rates would allow for more time to assess trade developments

ECB accounts: Holding rates would allow for more time to assess trade developments

• The ECB releases the accounts of its monetary policy meeting on 24 July 2025

• Meeting decision
• There was no immediate pressure to change policy rates at the current meeting
• Maintaining policy rates at their current levels would allow more time to see how trade negotiations unfolded
• It also gives time to thoroughly assess the consequences of any final outcome for the interest rate path