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ECB holds rates at 2.5% as Lagarde announces early exit with inflation near double the target

ECB holds rates at 2.5% as Lagarde announces early exit with inflation near double the target
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The European Central Bank kept its deposit rate at 2.5% on Thursday, hours after President Christine Lagarde said she would leave next February, months before her term ends, as France's bond market turmoil and inflation at 3.8% cloud the outlook for the eurozone.

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