Further ECB rate cuts expected

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FRANKFURT -- FX analysts polled by FX Week said they expected further rate cuts from the European Central Bank (ECB) -- despite hints from president Wim Duisenberg that any more cuts were unlikely.

The hints came at a press conference last Thursday, following the bank's 25 basis point cut to take rates to 4.25%. "The new level of interest rates is compatible with the maintenance of price stability in the medium term," Duisenberg told reporters.

But, said analysts, the bank has more room for

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