European Central Bank makes its largest-ever interest rate increase

European Central Bank makes its largest-ever interest rate increase

• The European Central Bank today made its largest-ever interest rate increase. The action came following the U.S. Federal Reserve and other central banks in a global stampede of rapid rate hikes to arrest record inflation.
• The bank’s 25-member Governing Council raised its key benchmarks by an unprecedented 75 basis points for the 19 countries, useing euro currency. The ECB had never raised its key bank lending rate by three-quarters of a point since the euro’s launch in 1999.
• It expects more hikes ahead because inflation may rise further in the near term. The central bank noted that the economy was expected to stagnate later in the year.  

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Published date : 09 Sep 2022 03:35PM