Currency signs of the Japanese yen, euro and the U.S. dollar are seen on a board outside a currency exchange office at Narita International airport, near Tokyo, Japan, March 25, 2016. REUTERS/Yuya Shino
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NEW YORK, Feb 7 (Reuters) – The dollar and the euro both eased on Monday after European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde calmed market expectations of a quick hike in interest rates that pushed regional bond yields in Europe up to multi-year highs.
There is no need for big monetary policy tightening in the euro zone as inflation is set to decline and could stabilize around the ECB’s target of 2%, Lagarde told a European Parliament hearing. read more
Last week the ECB opened the door to a rate hike later in 2022 as inflation…
