ECB decision: Interest rates cut to nearly 2-year low — and more easing likely

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  ECB warns of ‘headwinds’ to Eurozone economy as it cuts rate to 2.75%

  Move comes after Fed keeps borrowing costs on hold
  
  Financial Times - 1h

• This may be ‘most critical thing’ for markets facing Fed interest-rate decision

  The Federal Reserve is about to wrap up its first interest-rate-setting meeting of 2025.
  
  MarketWatch - 1d

• How low will UK interest rates go?

  There is more room for the Bank of England to loosen monetary policy than the market expects
  
  Financial Times - 3d

• FirstFT: Dollar hits 2-year high as interest rate assumptions change

  Also in today’s newsletter, China’s trade surplus reached a new record and the reinvention of El Salvador
  
  Financial Times - Jan. 13

• ECB’s chief economist warns of too-low inflation if rates stay high

  Philip Lane points to dangers of borrowing costs that remain ‘too high for too long’
  
  Financial Times - Jan. 13
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  Rate-Cut Decision Was Narrow, Fed Minutes Show

  Stubborn inflation, and potential tariffs, make future rate cuts uncertain.
  
  The New York Times - Jan. 8
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  ECB has been too slow to cut rates, Eurozone economists warn

  Almost half of analysts polled by the FT accuse rate-setters of being ‘behind the curve’
  
  Financial Times - Jan. 5

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