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ECB cuts rates for third time this year as Europe braces for Trump tariffs

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ECB cuts key interest rate to 2.25% in response to slowing growth and Donald Trump's tariffs.

ECB president Christine Lagarde said US tariffs on EU goods were already harming the outlook for the European economy.

She said it was unclear where interest rates would settle a level known as neutral rate.

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