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Europe has little to fear as ECB and Fed part ways

Christine Lagarde and Jerome Powell are about to consciously uncouple their monetary policies. The European Central Bank president will almost certainly cut interest rates before the U.S. Federal Reserve chief. Hardliners in Frankfurt worry divergence would hit the euro and import inflation. But the differences between the two economies mean contrasting monetary policies can live happily ever after. [....]