EghtesadOnline: European Central Bank board member Sabine Lautenschlaeger has said the ECB needs to wait to see if inflation stabilizes in its target zone of just under 2 percent before interest rates can be raised, but that she hopes its bond-buying program can be scaled down before year-end.

EghtesadOnline: The euro edged up near a one-month high against the dollar in Asian trading on Monday, after some European Central Bank policymakers raised the possibility of hiking interest rates before bond purchases end.

EghtesadOnline: Monetary economics has not broken down in the euro zone and a gradual recovery from the bloc's debt crisis will allow interest rates eventually to normalize, European Central Bank governing council member Philip Lane told an Irish newspaper on Saturday.