By Anne Kauranen and Balazs Koranyi HELSINKI/FRANKFURT (Reuters) – The European Central Bank is making progress in lowering inflation to 2% but needs more evidence before rate cuts come on the agenda and policymakers should wait “a bit longer” rather than move prematurely, Finnish policymaker Tuomas Valimaki said. The ECB ended its quickest interest rate hike cycle in September and with inflation now slowing, the topic of policy easing is creeping up the agenda, though investors and policymaker differ greatly on the timing of the first move. “It’s better to wait a bit longer than doing a prema…