{
  "id": 6762737,
  "title": "Ülo Kaasik: Interest rates had to be raised to curb euro area inflation",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/11/ulo-kaasik-interest-rates-had-to-be-raised-to-curb-euro-area-inflation",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-09-11T12:50:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "ERR News Estonia",
    "slug": "err-news-estonia",
    "url": "https://news.err.ee/1610135665/ulo-kaasik-interest-rates-had-to-be-raised-to-curb-euro-area-inflation"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Assessing recent developments, it is understandable why financial markets expect additional interest rate hikes from the European Central Bank to ensure inflation returns to the two percent target within a couple of years, Ülo Kaasik writes.",
  "key_points": [],
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}