Stock markets rallied Monday, building on pre-weekend momentum as investors priced in the expectation of further interest rate hikes aimed at taming decades-high inflation. The euro surged, a day after German central bank chief Joachim Nagel signaled that the European Central Bank (ECB) would probably continue raising its key rate.
ECB set to raise interest rate to tame runaway inflation
European Central Bank policymakers look set to hike interest rates again to tame runaway inflation amid a steep increase in the price of energy. The high inflation has sent the pace of consumer price rises to new high, with Eurozone inflation hitting 9.1 percent in August.
