IT is too early to talk of cutting key interest rates as inflation has yet to fall firmly within target, Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) Governor Eli Remolona Jr. said.

"The risks are still there so we have to assess the situation, so I think it's premature to say we will start to ease," he told reporters at a dinner with the media on Wednesday.

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