It Won’t Take Much for the ECB to Crush Rate-Cut Bets Next Week

  • Optimistic pricing on rates is ‘not coherent,’ SocGen Says
  • ECB seen most hawkish as Fed, BOE also hold rate meetings
Spain’s Inflation Surge Boosts ECB Rate Hike BetsPhotographer: Alex Kraus/Bloomberg
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The stage is set for a clash between traders betting on interest-rate cuts and Christine Lagarde, who’s ready — once again — to hammer home the need to stamp out inflation.