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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Anna Isaac

ECB raises interest rates by quarter of a point to tame inflation

Christine Lagarde.
The president of European Central Bank, Christine Lagarde, speaks in Frankfurt, Germany, on Thursday. Photograph: Kai Pfaffenbach/Reuters

The European Central Bank has raised eurozone interest rates by a quarter-percentage point to the highest level since 2001 and signalled another hike was likely as it seeks to tame inflation.

It marks the eighth successive rate rise for the bank, underlining a struggle across many developed economies to cool price rises amid juddering economic growth.

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