ECB's Simkus Says It's Important to Take a Pause on Rates
After eight reductions 'we've arrived at the neutral level — it's now important to maintain the freedom of potential decision, not to commit to one direction or another,' the Lithuanian central bank chief said in Vilnius on Thursday. 'The economic situation is very unclear — no one knows what the US decisions will be on July 9.'
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