...Sramko said.
Sramko told a news conference following the monthly meeting that a rise in inflation in October was driven by global factors, and that monetary conditions were tight, allowing for interest rates to stay flat.
The bank had said earlier the board left the key two-week repo rate at 4.25 percent for the seventh month running, 25 basis points above the euro zone rate. Slovakia is looking to adopt the single currency in 2009. (Reporting by Peter Laca, writing by Jan Lopatka; editing by Alan Crosby)
Keywords: SLOVAKIA RATES/SRAMKO
[BRATISLAVA/Reuters/Finance.cz]