ECB’s Villeroy: Upcoming meeting decisions will be entirely data driven

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Lukewarm Reaction to Fed Meeting

In a widely expected move, the Federal Reserve (Fed) hiked its policy interest rate by 25 basis-point (bp) to the 5.25%-5.5% range and left the door open for another hike in September. But given that Fed Chair Jerome Powell also guided for rate decisions to be on a “meeting-by-meeting” basis, additional tightening moves still lack