THE NATIONAL Bank of Slovakia will keep inter-bank interest rates unchanged the bank board decided at its regular monthly session on May 26, the news wire TASR wrote
In both March and April the bank cut rates by 50 basis points in response to the strengthening of the Slovak crown. As a result, the two-week repo-tender now has a limit rate of 5 percent, while one-day refinancing operations carry 6.5 percent and one-day sterilisation operations carry 3.5 percent.
The decision was expected, said Marek Gábriš, an analyst with ČSOB bank. He sees the Slovak economy heading toward further rate cuts by the end of the year. "Favourable inflation development is expected in August and good foreign trade results should last until September," he added.
Compiled by Marta Ďurianová from press reports
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