FRANKFURT—The European Central Bank laid out plans to increase interest rates for the first time in more than a decade, joining many of its peers in raising borrowing costs to tackle persistent inflation that is spreading far beyond the U.S.
The ECB’s policy shift, about a year after eurozone inflation rose above its 2% target, would help to narrow the gap with the Federal Reserve, which has increased interest rates twice since March to a range between 0.75% and 1%.
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