Concerns half-point could set off domino effect across financial industry knocked by Credit Suisse crisis
The European Central Bank has raised interest rates across the eurozone by 0.5 percentage points, despite fears that higher borrowing costs could set off a domino effect across a banking sector already reeling from a collapse in confidence in Switzerland’s second largest lender,Officials at the ECB, the central bank covering the 19-member euro bloc, said inflation was likely to remain high “for too long”, forcing it to continue with its planned run of rate increases.
At its last meeting in February, the ECB clearly signalled its intention to hike the rate this month, but financial markets had been betting on a last-minute U-turn in light of this week’s turmoil.Swiss Central Bank stepped in Without referencing the overnight rescue loan, the ECB said on Thursday that its governing council was “monitoring current market tensions closely” and stood “ready to respond as necessary to preserve price stability and financial stability in the euro area”.
Christine Lagarde, the president of the ECB, said the central bank would treat the heightened tensions in financial markets separately from its strategy for bringing down inflation.
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