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ECB Rates Must Hit Significantly Restrictive Levels, Kazaks Says

The European Central Bank must lift interest rates to levels that “significantly” restrict the economy, according to Governing Council member Martins Kazaks, who argued that hikes may need to persist beyond the next meeting in March.

Fed’s Williams Says Peak Rate Forecasts Still ‘Very Reasonable’

Federal Reserve Bank of New York President John Williams said forecasts officials submitted in December are still a good guide for where interest rates are headed this year and that policy may need to stay at restrictive levels for a few years to get inflation down.

Germany Pressures EU Allies to Send Ukraine Leopard 2 Tanks

Germany is increasingly concerned that European allies will not provide Ukraine with enough Leopard 2 battle tanks to create the promised two battalions of as many as 62 combat vehicles, with an escalation in fighting against Russia’s invading forces expected imminently.

Health-Care Debt Gets Harder Look as Distress Builds

Healthcare companies used to be some of the safest to lend to during economic downturns, until private equity firms bought them out and larded them with debt. Now they’re some of the riskiest borrowers in the world of leveraged loans.

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