(Adds link to earlier report)
PRAGUE, April 24 (Reuters) - The Czech central bank's
benchmark interest rate, currently at 7%, is high enough to tame
inflation in view of the current state of the economy,
vice-governor Eva Zamrazilova said in an interview with daily
E15.
Zamrazilova also reiterated that interest rates will have to
stay higher for longer, while rate cuts cannot be considered
until the inflation rate falls into single digits.
Zamrazilova's comments on the E15 website were first issued
in a podcast on April 18.
(Reporting by Robert Muller, writing by Jason Hovet; Editing by
Hugh Lawson)
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