Economics

ECB Is Ready to Tighten Just as Global Peers Speed Up: Eco Week

  • US monthly consumer-price increases seen showing acceleration
  • Central banks from India to Australia may quicken hiking

Christine Lagarde

Photographer: Alex Kraus/Bloomberg
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The European Central Bank is finally about to join the global bandwagon of monetary policy tightening, spurred into action by repeated record highs in inflation.