European Central Bank to cut rates again with Trump threat and U.S. divergence in focus

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  European Central Bank Cuts Interest Rates as Economic Growth Stagnates

  The European Central Bank’s reduction, the fifth consecutive cut since last summer, came a day after the U.S. Federal Reserve held interest rates.
  
  The New York Times - 2h
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  European Central bank cuts benchmark rate by a quarter percentage point to boost stagnant economy

  The European Central Bank is cutting its key interest rate, a step to boost an economy that’s struggling to grow as consumers burned by inflation warily eye price tags and businesses try to chart a ...
  
  ABC News - 4h

• US central bankers resist Trump’s pressure to cut interest rates

  Also in today’s newsletter, the White House’s U-turn on freezing federal funding
  
  Financial Times - 4h
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  European Central Bank cuts interest rates to support growth as eurozone economy stagnates - as it happened

  Live coverage of business, economics and financial news as ECB cuts main interest rate by 0.25 percentage points in effort to support European economies. It was a flash reading on the Eurozone ...
  
  The Guardian - 3h
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  Trump bashes Fed after bank doesn't cut rates

  President Trump ripped the Federal Reserve and the man he appointed to lead it Wednesday after the central bank kept interest rates steady. In a post on Truth Social, the president accused the Fed ...
  
  The Hill - 21h

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  European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde spoke to CNBC at the World Economic Forum in Davos.
  
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