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By Piotr Skolimowski and Andre Tartar

July 20, 2018 at 4:00 AM UTC

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July 20, 2018 at 6:50 AM UTC

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Mario Draghi will squeeze in one interest-rate increase before his term as European Central Bank president ends next year, according to a Bloomberg survey of economists.

Most respondents pushed back their expectations for a hike to September 2019, the month before Draghi is due to leave. The change is a response to policy makers’ guidance that rates will remain at record lows at least through the summer.