ECB Set to Cut Rates Again and Keep Options Open
The European Central Bank is set to lower its key interest rate Thursday, a cut that investors expect to be among the last in this sequence unless the eurozone economy is threatened by recession.
Recent developments in U.S. tariff policy are unlikely to have changed the outlook for policymakers greatly.
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