German savers need not reckon with negative interest rates - Scholz

BERLIN (Reuters) - German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz on Thursday sought to calm savers worried that the ever-lengthening period of low interest rates in the euro zone could see them paying negative interest on their deposits.The European Central Bank is set to unveil fresh stimulus measures on Thursday to prop up the ailing euro zone economy.Hours before the ECB's monetary policy meeting, Scholz told the Passauer Neue Presse newspaper that savers need not reckon with negative interest rates..