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ECB won’t be micro-managing the bond market

In today’s ECB press conference, Christine Lagarde did not seem fazed by the recent rise in bond yields or the evidence of tighter bank lending conditions. But we suspect that policymakers will push back against further increases in yields until next year when the economic recovery is on a firmer footing.

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