The communications accompanying the decision by the National Bank of Romania to leave its policy rate on hold today, at 6.50%, highlighted two-sided risks to inflation and economic activity from US trade policy, but on balance were slightly more hawkish than at the last meeting. We maintain our forecast for the policy rate to remain at its current level throughout this year, which is a more hawkish view than the consensus.
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