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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Christopher Rugaber

ECB's Lagarde says interest rates to stay high as long as needed to defeat inflation

AP

Interest rates in the European Union will need to stay high “as long as necessary” to slow still-high inflation, Christine Lagarde, president of the European Central Bank, said Friday.

“While progress is being made," she said, “the fight against inflation is not yet won.”

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