ECB to provide further clarity on interest rate cuts next week

Officials seem to have all but agreed that June is the month to start dialling back policy restriction

Some economists predict the regulator will embark on a steady roadmap of interest rate cuts begging in June and running through to the end of next year. Photographer: Hannelore Foerster/Bloomberg via Getty Images

The European Central Bank (ECB) is expected to give a clearer indication on when it will start cutting interest rates at a monetary policy meeting in Frankfurt next week.

Some economists predict the regulator will embark on a steady roadmap of interest rate cuts beginning in June and running through to the end of next year.