The European Central Bank's Anti Fragmentation Instrument Is Getting More Lengthy

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The european central bank said last week it would raise interest rates for the first time in more than a decade. People are concerned that europe could be headed back to a debt crisis like the ones we saw in 20 12 and 20 14. The e c b held an emergency meeting yesterday, and the central bank signalled it's going to be lending a helping hand to weaker economies. This reflects how the e c b has been backed into a corner. On one hand, it wants to fight record levels of urizone inflation by stopping bond purchases and starting to raise interest rates. But on the other hand, this tightening of monetary policy is causing turmoil in bond markets,. And that

The Federal Reserve raised its benchmark policy rate by 0.75 percentage points for the first time since November 1994, and the European Central Bank says it will speed up work on a new policy tool to counter surging borrowing costs. Plus, billionaire investor Ray Dalio talks about the connections he's found between the rise and fall of markets and the rise and fall of nations.

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