Interest rates on hold amid strong price pressures

The ECB is likely to leave the deposit rate on hold at 3.75% next week and refrain from any explicit guidance about the future path of interest rates. The continued strength of wage growth and underlying inflation strengthens the case for the Bank to move cautiously. We still think that it will cut interest rates at the September meeting, but that is not guaranteed.

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