MADRID, June 22 (Reuters) - The European Central Bank will need to raise interest rates by another 25 basis points in July to combat inflation but the path afterwards remains unclear, ECB policymaker Pablo Hernandez de Cos said on Friday.
De Cos added that given the "high uncertainty ... we will continue to take our decisions depending on the data and, in particular, on the aggregate assessment of the inflation outlook, the dynamics of underlying inflation."
Euro zone inflation has been moderating for months, courtesy of lower energy prices and the steepest increase in rates in the ECB's 25-year history.
But it remains unacceptably high for the ECB at 6.1% in May, with underlying price growth only just starting to slow despite signs economic growth is stagnating.
Reporting by Jesús Aguado; additional reporting by Emma Pinedo; editing by David Latona and Conor HumphriesOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.
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policymaker Pablo Hernandez de Cos, Christine Lagarde, De Cos, Jesús Aguado, Emma Pinedo, David Latona, Conor Humphries
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