Decisions after March rates hike must be based on data - ECB's Centeno

Policy decisions after an increasingly likely 50 basis points hike in interest rates expected later this month must be based on data, ECB Governing Council member Mario Centeno was quoted as saying on Monday.

"We need to look very carefully at what the March forecast will be. This is the most important data we will have to guide our future decisions," Centeno told daily La Stampa.