{"id":1651,"date":"2025-01-04T04:47:50","date_gmt":"2025-01-04T04:47:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/04\/bank-of-greece-chief-says-ecb-rate-to-drop-to-2\/"},"modified":"2025-01-04T04:47:50","modified_gmt":"2025-01-04T04:47:50","slug":"bank-of-greece-chief-says-ecb-rate-to-drop-to-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/04\/bank-of-greece-chief-says-ecb-rate-to-drop-to-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Bank of Greece chief says ECB rate to drop to 2%"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-1257785\">\n    <!-- .entry-header --><\/p>\n<div class=\"first-img article_thumbnail_wrapper\" itemscope=\"\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\">\n                                                                    <picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/944528be4990d192ed5e794e9c5d5741_2023-03-16T114753Z_1530463358_RC2YUZ91H4FJ_RTRMADP_5_ECB-POLICY-1-320x200.jpg?v=1692737222\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"600\" class=\"picture-main-block-image\" data-nxsrc=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/944528be4990d192ed5e794e9c5d5741_2023-03-16T114753Z_1530463358_RC2YUZ91H4FJ_RTRMADP_5_ECB-POLICY-1.jpg?v=1692737222\" alt=\"Bank of Greece chief says ECB rate to drop to 2%\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/944528be4990d192ed5e794e9c5d5741_2023-03-16T114753Z_1530463358_RC2YUZ91H4FJ_RTRMADP_5_ECB-POLICY-1-960x600.jpg?v=1692737222\"\/><br \/>\n                        <\/source><\/picture>\n<p>[Reuters]<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p>Bank of Greece Governor Yannis Stournaras reiterated on Thursday that the European Central Bank\u2019s (ECB) key interest rate will fall to 2% in the autumn, from the current 3%.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In an interview with Skai radio, he also noted that banks have been making profits lately.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOf course, they must have profits and, to a very large extent, their profits are the result of the monetary policy that we are pursuing at the European Central Bank. 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