Czech central bank will be cautious with further rate cuts, governor says
PRAGUE, Oct 4 (Reuters) -The Czech central bank will decide from meeting to meeting on potential further interest rate easing, Governor Ales Michl told news website www.seznamzpravy.cz in an interview released on Friday.
Michl reiterated the bank's view on a cautious approach to further cuts in its main two-week repo rate, which is at 4.25% after a 25 basis-point reduction on Sept. 25.
Michl said, in the interview conducted on Thursday, that the two main risks that may halt further easing were services prices where inflation has remained high, and potential lack of reduction in the budget deficit.
He said the bank's next quarterly update to its economic forecast would likely see a reduction in some decimal points of next year's economic growth, now seen at 2.8%.
He reiterated the stance that interest rates would stand at higher levels going forward than ultra-low rates in the past decade, which Michl sees as the root of an inflation spike in the past years.
Reporting by Jan Lopatka and Jason Hovet
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