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Christine Lagarde, President of the European Central Bank (ECB), is delivering her remarks on the policy outlook and responding to questions from the press following the Governing Council’s decision to hike key rates by 75 basis points in October. “Supply bottlenecks are easing.”“Depreciation of the euro has added to inflation.”“Price …

Christine Lagarde, President of the European Central Bank (ECB), is delivering her remarks on the policy outlook and responding to questions following the bank’s decision to hike key rates by 50 basis points. “Energy costs should stabilise, bottlenecks ease.”“Wage growth has continued to increase gradually, including forward-looking indicator.”“Wage growth is …

European Central bank President Christine Lagarde reaffirmed on Monday plans to raise the ECB’s interest rates twice this summer while fighting widening spreads in the borrowing costs of different Eurozone countries.“These decisions underpin our previous commitments to adjust all of our instruments within our mandate, incorporating flexibility if warranted, to …