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Villeroy Says ECB Needs to Be Pragmatic on Size of Rate Hikes

Francois Villeroy de Galhau

Photographer: Kiyoshi Ota/Bloomberg
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The European Central Bank needs to be pragmatic as it raises interest rates in the coming months to get to a level by the summer that is sufficiently high to bring inflation back toward 2%, Governing Council member Francois Villeroy de Galhau said.