Philip Lane, Chief Economist of the European Central Bank, stated that the upper limit of the neutral interest rate range has slightly increased to 2.5%. This suggests that further interest rate hikes would not yet suppress economic growth. Lane made these remarks at an event hosted by Deutsche Bank, indicating that the recent rate hike was initiated from a clearly neutral position. He also noted that various models for neutral interest rates were examined, leading to the conclusion that the upper bound of the range has moved from 2.25% to 2.5%. AI
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