Opinion

Economic analysis: the start of the tightening cycle

Christine Lagarde, ECB 

The Federal Reserve, the Bank of England and the ECB have all started to tighten. The Fed thinks that by the middle of next year it will have ended its 120 billion a month buying programme. At this rate, tapering will be faster than last time. To avoid discussions on tapering, Lagarde prefers to talk about recalibrating instead of tapering, but it is the same thing.

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