ECB Executive Board member Kocher said that the central bank must keep all options open on interest rate issues.

Martin Kocher, a member of the Executive Board of the European Central Bank, said that given the global uncertainties, especially in the trade sector, the ECB needs to maintain flexibility in all policy options. The Austrian central bank governor, in an interview with Bloomberg TV on Tuesday, stated that although officials are still in a "favorable position," the "high level of uncertainty" remains. "It is crucial to maintain full policy flexibility in both directions," he said. "Monetary policy must be able to respond quickly and decisively to any type of risk."