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Risk of downturn as ECB sticks with increasing interest rates

In just over a year, the ECB has increased interest rates from minus 0.5 per cent to 4 per cent in a bid to deal with inflation and it has played down any prospects of a reversal of this policy

President of the European Central Bank Christine Lagarde. Picture: Getty Images

The European Central Bank raised interest rates again last week in a bid to curb inflation.

However, after its tenth consecutive increase, can we now expect a change in language from the Central Bank?

In the space of just over a year, the ECB has rapidly increased interest rates from minus 0.5 per cent to 4 per cent in a bid to deal with inflation – which surged towards the end of last year.

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