	poehl speaks against german  rate cut bundesbank president karl otto poehl said west germany would be badly advised to lower  rates and that he believed the economy would continue to recover after a six month lull asked by the newspaper bild am sonntag if lower  rates could boost the domestic economy poehl said we would be badly advised if we forced further  rate cuts this could under certain circumstances release new inflationary fears which would then be more likely to lead to higher  rates he added poehl said germany had practically no growth in the past six months because of the mark s surge and the cold winter but since april statistics clearly show that the economy finds itself on a course of growth he said i expect this development to continue in the coming months asked about his expectations of a u s european community trade war poehl said such an event would be disastrous for this reason we in europe must avoid everything used by protectionist forces in the u s as pretexts he added this includes eliminating existing restrictions in the ec as far as possible protectionism is not found only in the u s reuter 
