Trichet says shush on possible new tools

Jean-Claude Trichet, the president of the European Central Bank (ECB), has said that the Governing Council's omerta on interest rates a week before meetings must be extended to include possible additional tools that may be announced next Thursday.

Ewald Nowotny, the governor of the Austrian National Bank, told reporters on Thursday that Trichet had asked members of the council last week to remain silent and not to give any further indications on whether or not the ECB will introduce new measures

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