ECB cut "appropriate" - Belgium's Quaden

Guy Quaden, the governor of the National Bank of Belgium, has deemed the European Central Bank's half-point cut on 8 October appropriate.

"The dramatic worsening of the financial crisis since the collapse of Lehman Brothers radically modified the outlook for growth and, as a consequence of lower commodity prices and faltering domestic activity, our assessment of risks to price stability as well," Quaden said. "Therefore, the coordinated interest rate cut of 50 basis points on 8 October was

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