Central banks around the world are joining the Federal Reserve in slowing down the pace of interest rate hikes as inflation shows signs of easing.
The Bank of England and the European Central Bank both hiked rates by half a percentage point on Thursday in their final meetings of the year. Previously, they had gone with increases of three-quarters of a percentage point. The central banks are trying to tame decades-high inflation without putting too much pressure on the economy.
The United Kingdom is already sliding into a recession, and Europe may not be far behind. The ECB said GDP across the 19 countries that use the euro may contract this quarter and next due to high energy prices, ongoing uncertainty, weak global activity and tighter financial conditions. According to the bank’s projections, a recession “would be relatively short-lived and shallow,” it added. — This is a developing story and will be updated.
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