Inflation Outlook Key for Timing of Polish Interest Rate Rise: Central Banker Says

Inflation Outlook Key for Timing of Polish Interest Rate Rise: Central Banker Says
A picture illustration of Polish zloty banknote, taken in Warsaw on Jan. 13, 2011. Kacper Pempel/Reuters
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WARSAW—Poland’s November inflation projection may be crucial for the country’s central bank in deciding whether interest rates rise again this year, Eryk Lon, one of the most dovish members of the Monetary Policy Council (MPC), said.

In an unexpected move, the bank raised its benchmark interest rate in October by 40 basis points to 0.5 percent, acting sooner than analysts had expected to try to curb an inflation spike.