Tighter ECB may not reverse the euro wea...

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The European Central Bank (ECB) rose its three policy rates by 50bp at yesterday’s monetary policy meeting, versus 25bp expected by analysts. One of the major highlights of yesterday’s ECB decision was the anti-fragmentation tool, TPI, transmission protection instrument. The name is fancy but what it could do to help the ECB is unsure for now, as t ... Show More

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