Economy / Markets

ECB Berlin meeting preview: analysts see second hike to 2.5% before pause, despite fragile growth

Markets and economists enter the European Central Bank's 9-10 September meeting in Berlin with a near-unanimous expectation of a quarter-point deposit-rate hike to 2.50 percent, the second and likely last move of a tightening cycle that would still be the ECB's shortest in 15 years. Despite euro area inflation at 3.3 percent in August and energy at 14.3 percent, economists warn against over-tightening into a fragile economy. ECB economists argued the current energy-driven shock differs from 2021-22, justifying a more gradual policy response.

By Aizanoi News Desk · Edited by Aizanoi Editorial Desk · Saturday, 5 September 2026

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