Interest rates: ECB president reaffirms plans for half-point March hike (via IrishTimesBiz)
ECB president Christine Lagarde has reiterated that the European Central Bank intends to raise borrowing costs by another half-point next month. Photograph: Stephanie Lecocq/EPAECB president Christine Lagarde reiterated that the European Central Bank intends to raise borrowing costs by another half-point next month.
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Several ECB officials have stressed that next month’s planned half-point rate increase is unlikely to be the last in what’s already the most aggressive monetary-tightening cycle in the institution’s history.
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