Economics

Wait for It, ECB Tells Markets Trading First Rate Hike in Years

  • Policy statement pushed back by half an hour from July 21
  • ECB doesn’t give a motive for shift in schedule near lunchtime
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Anyone waiting for the European Central Bank’s first interest-rate hike in more than a decade will now have to stay patient for another 30 minutes.