Polish interest rates likely to stay put until end-2019: central bank chief
PR dla Zagranicy
Grzegorz Siwicki
04.10.2018 08:00
Poland’s interest rates are likely to stay intact until at least the end of next year, the country’s central bank chief has reiterated.
Poland's central bank chief Adam GlapińskiPicture: nbp.pl
Adam Glapiński, head of the National Bank of Poland (NBP), was speaking after the Polish central bank's Monetary Policy Council on Wednesday left interest rates unchanged.
Glapiński added that Poland was among countries with the highest interest rates in Europe, public broadcaster Polish Radio’s IAR news agency reported.
Speaking in May, Glapiński said that “in all likelihood there will be no reason to change the level of interest rates ... this year and throughout next year, or perhaps even longer than that – I’m thinking of 2020.”
He also said at the time that the country’s rate setters would react “if there are any events that have a strong economic and financial impact."
The reference rate in Poland remains at 1.50 percent.
The last time the rate-setting Monetary Policy Council changed interest rates was in March 2015.
At the time, after trimming rates by 50 basis points, the council said the move was “closing a cycle of monetary policy easing.”
(gs/pk)
Source: IAR, nbp.pl