Euro Adds Gains After ECB’s ‘Ground-Breaking’ Hawkish Turn

Euro Adds Gains After ECB’s ‘Ground-Breaking’ Hawkish Turn
U.S. dollar and Euro banknotes are seen in this picture illustration taken on May 3, 2018. Dado Ruvic/Illustration/Reuters
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LONDON—The euro was on track on Friday for its best week versus the dollar since the COVID-19 pandemic hit, after a hawkish turn by the European Central Bank (ECB) rippled through markets.

Rampant inflation across many global economies has forced central banks to tighten monetary policies that had been dramatically loosened to help consumers and businesses weather the financial hit from the pandemic.