By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – When it comes to interest rates, the very likely outcome of this week’s meeting of the European Central Bank’s Governing Council is another hold. Policymakers’ harder task will again be communication: President Christine Lagarde will want to acknowledge that the Iran war has heightened upside inflation risks, without letting markets infer that a near-term rate hike has effectively become the new baseline.
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