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In June 2024, Europe's central bank made a move the U.S. Federal Reserve wouldn't make until three months later.
The European Central Bank cut interest rates in June 2024, its first rate cut since 2019, lowering its key rate by a quarter of a percentage point as inflation across the eurozone eased closer to its target level. Cutting rates makes borrowing cheaper, which is typically done once a central bank feels confident inflation is coming under control and the economy could use some support.
Raising rates sharply or introducing negative rates would be the opposite move from what actually happened, since the ECB was easing policy, not tightening it further or pushing rates below zero, so neither of those matches this decision.
The ECB actually moved before the U.S. Federal Reserve did, which held off on its own first rate cut of that cycle until several months later, showing how different central banks can act on their own separate timelines even when facing similar economic conditions.
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