With an Eye on Inflation, Europe Raises Rate Again
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The European Central Bank raised its benchmark interest rate by a quarter-point and signaled more increases were likely next year.
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THE European Central Bank surprised financial markets yesterday by revealing it had considered raising interest rates even as the euro zone economy slows, saying it was worried about inflationary risks.
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The common presumption that it's best to invest in this robust corner of the EU continent has been turned on its head, as annual inflation in Latvia is barreling ahead at 7.8 percent and set to rise even ...
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The European Central Bank is set to lift its key interest rate by a quarter of a percentage point when it meets this week &#151; the fifth such move since the bank started adjusting rates in December 2005 as Europe's economy picked up.
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The Bank of England&#39;s rate rise on Thursday - a quarter of a percentage point to a six-year high of 5.75 per cent - may have been predictable, but it will give consumers pause for thought. The European Central Bank meanwhile kept rates steady at 4 per cent, but signalled that markets can expect a rise later this year. Despite some doubts over the future direction of UK and European inflation, the decisions were correct, albeit a month too late in the case of the BoE.
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Surging energy prices drove up the key US inflation gauge more than expected in October, providing one more reason why the market should expect another rate hike from the nation&#39;s central bank next month.
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Inflation in Germany, the eurozone's biggest economy, picked up this month as a result of a renewed surge in oil prices, key regional data showed.
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Inflation in the 13 nations that use the euro surged to 3.1 percent in November versus a year earlier, its highest level in more than six years, the European Union's statistics agency Eurostat said Friday.
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Federal Reserve officials raised a key short-term interest rate today and indicated they will continue lifting rates gradually this year to keep inflation in check as the economy grows.
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The European Central Bank may need to raise interest rates if euro zone inflation plateaus rather than merely rises temporarily, ECB Governing Council member Yves Mersch was reported on Tuesday as saying.
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As policy makers around the world respond to the threat of accelerating inflation, The Bank of England yesterday raised interest rates for the fifth time in little less than a year and Jean-Claude Trichet, president of the European Central Bank, hinted at a possible rate increase later this year .
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The European Central Bank is almost certain to keep interest rates stable Thursday when governors meet against a backdrop of rising inflation and slowing growth, analysts say.
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The Centre is said to be of the view that with the inflation rate already high, any hike in prices at this juncture could fuel it further.
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There are a number of risks to the  inflationary outlook, European Central Bank President  Jean-Claude Trichet said on Tuesday in remarks that signaled  the ECB is likely to keep to its slight bias toward eventually  raising interest rates.
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Analysts are unanimous in their prediction that the European Central Bank will increase its key interest rate Thursday, but investors are more interested to hear what bank president Jean-Claude Trichet says afterward.
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The Federal Reserve has said interest rates may rise again - despite deciding to halt them earlier this month.
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NEW YORK The dollar rose Wednesday as the European Central Bank signaled that the region&#39;s benchmark rate would stay at a half-century low amid speculation that the Federal Reserve will lift its rate target at least once more this year.