italian prime minister mario draghi attends a news conference with ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskiy romanian president klaus iohannis french president emmanuel macron and german chancellor olaf scholz in kyiv ukraine june 16 2022 ludovic marinpool via reuters kyiv june 16 reuters  the european central bank will inevitably raise interest rates more slowly than the us federal reserve given the different economic circumstance in the euro zone italian prime minister mario draghi said on thursday speaking to reporters during a visit to kyiv draghi a former ecb president said the us had full employment and inflation excluding energy and raw material prices was much higher than in the euro zone for this reason while interest hikes are inevitable in the 19nation currency bloc the pace of adjustment is bound to be more gradual reporting by angelo amante and giuseppe fonte writing by gavin jones editing by crispian balmer