ECB President Jean-Claude Trichet indicated at his July press conference that the bank plans to raise interest rates by 25 basis points on August 3, not August 31, as expected. This implies an interval of two months between interest-rate moves instead of the three-month interval that has become standard ECB practice in the current interest-rate cycle.
欧洲央行行长特里谢在七月份的新闻发布会上指出，该行计划在8月3日，而不是预期的8月31日将利率提高25个基点。这表明欧洲央行利率调整的间隔由三个月便成了两个月，而三个月的间隔是欧洲央行在当前利率循环中的标准做法。在八月份预期的调整后，下一次正常化进程中的调整将会出现在两个月之后，即十月份。