Tag: Government Bonds

E.C.B. Raises Interest Rates to Tame Inflation

The rise of three-quarters of a point matched the central bank’s largest-ever increase, with a “substantial slowdown” expected in the eurozone economy ahead of a winter energy crisis.

Fed officials, spooked by data, fretted in June about inflation becoming entrenched.

Central bankers raised rates by the most since 1994 last month, and minutes from the gathering explained their logic.