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Euro-Zone Inflation Hits Record, Boosting Case for Big Hikes

  • Consumer prices surged 8.6% in June; economists estimated 8.5%
  • First ECB rate increases in over a decade to kick off in July
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Euro-area inflation surged to a fresh record, surpassing expectations and bolstering calls for the kind of aggressive interest-rate increases being deployed by central banks across the world.