Brussels, 09/12/2005 (Agence Europe) - A surprise increase in interest rates cannot be ruled out, according to Axel Weber, who adds that one should not necessarily expect a systematic pre-announcement strategy on the part of the European Central Bank (ECB). In an interview with German daily newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, the governor of the Bundesbank said that "increases in the rates may also take place in the short term, and without a long period of preparations in terms of...