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David Chance Opinion The ECB will hike to zero this year, but it doesn’t have a map beyond that

Christine Lagarde this week put the European Central Bank on autopilot for two quarter-point rate increases this year that will move it to zero for the first time since 2014. Beyond that there is no path, as no one has a clue what the long-term stable rate is for the fiscally fractured eurozone.

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