Post by sevenofnine on Sept 14, 2023 12:52:31 GMT -5
You kinda knew that going to happen LOL!
ECB hikes interest rates despite growing threat of recession
The decision raises the ECB’s benchmark deposit rate to 4%, up drastically from minus 0.5% just a little more than a year ago and the highest since the euro was established in 1999.
The European Central Bank (ECB) piled on a 10th straight interest rate increase Thursday, pressing forward in its fight against stubbornly high inflation that has been plaguing consumers even as worries grow that higher borrowing costs could help push the economy into recession.
The increase of a quarter-percentage point comes as central banks around the world, including the US Federal Reserve, try to judge how much anti-inflation medicine is too much — and what’s the right point to halt their swift series of rates before the economy tips into a downturn and people lose their jobs.
The decision comes as the ECB, US Federal Reserve and other major central banks are nearing the end of their swift series of rate hikes aimed at squelching inflation — and hoping the damage to economic
www.euronews.com/2023/09/14/ecb-hikes-interest-rates-despite-growing-threat-of-recession
ECB hikes interest rates despite growing threat of recession
The decision raises the ECB’s benchmark deposit rate to 4%, up drastically from minus 0.5% just a little more than a year ago and the highest since the euro was established in 1999.
The European Central Bank (ECB) piled on a 10th straight interest rate increase Thursday, pressing forward in its fight against stubbornly high inflation that has been plaguing consumers even as worries grow that higher borrowing costs could help push the economy into recession.
The increase of a quarter-percentage point comes as central banks around the world, including the US Federal Reserve, try to judge how much anti-inflation medicine is too much — and what’s the right point to halt their swift series of rates before the economy tips into a downturn and people lose their jobs.
The decision comes as the ECB, US Federal Reserve and other major central banks are nearing the end of their swift series of rate hikes aimed at squelching inflation — and hoping the damage to economic
www.euronews.com/2023/09/14/ecb-hikes-interest-rates-despite-growing-threat-of-recession
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