11 May 2011

POLAND: C.Bank Raises Benchmark...By 25 Basis Pts...To 4.25%.

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    Another inflation warning from Eastern Europe...as Poland's central bank...unexpectedly...raised its 7-day interest rate...to 4.25%...for the 3rd time in 2011.
   For the sixth month... inflation there reached a 2 1/2 year high...hitting 4.3 % in March...well above the c.bank’s 2.5 % target. .
    The zloty popped to its highest level in more than three months...3.9009 vs the euro.