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ECB's Lagarde will not put firm date on rate-rise
By EUobserver
The European Central Bank's governing council will dial back economic stimulus, without putting a firm date on when it will raise interest rates, the bank's president, Christine Lagarde, said on Thursday. Lagarde also said the bank is ready to restart its pandemic emergency-purchase programme if economic recovery takes a hit, adding that the economic outlook "will crucially depend on how the [Ukraine] conflict evolves."