IMF Koehler urges ECB to cut interest rates

EUROPE - International Monetary Fund Managing Director Horst Koehler called on the European Central Bank on Apr 2, 2001 to cut interest rates in order to help a slowing euro-zone economy.

"An interest rate cut by the ECB would be definitely helpful for the European economy - but at least as important is that Europe moves ahead more ambitiously with its reforms," Koehler told the German parliament in remarks on the global economy.

At the same time, Koehler indicated that the IMF is likely to trim

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