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ECB’s September minutes reveal full support for 25bp rate hike
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By the time the ECB met in September, a 25bp rate hike had already come to be seen as the most likely outcome. The just-released minutes of that meeting show that the ECB’s Governing Council was united in its view that a worsening inflation outlook and economic resilience called for a hike. The minutes, however, give a less hawkish picture than ECB ...
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