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ECB prepares rate hike for July, ends asset purchases

Euro sign at the ECB tower in Frankfurt.

The ECB has decided to raise interest rates for the first time in eleven years in an attempt to tackle persistent inflation. Asset purchases will also be halted from 1 July. The decision made in Amsterdam on Thursday marks the end of a long-standing period of monetary easing and negative interest rate policy.

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