The European Central Bank president Christine Lagarde announces that the ECB will press ahead with a smaller interest rate hike as higher borrowing costs begin to take their toll, but says the inflation outlook remains "too high for too long". The central bank lifted its key rates by a quarter percentage point, down from half percentage point increases at its three previous meetings. SOUNDBITE

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