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...“It’s really quite simple,” he said....
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...Neither approach generates private equity-style returns, or charges private equity-style fees — two areas in which convergence is also likely to apply. camilla.palladino@ft.com...
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...“This would be economically costly and induce risks for the sustained convergence of inflation to our target.”...
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...It follows a similar statement from the European Central Bank....
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