ECB Meets as Invasion of Ukraine Complicates Path to Higher Rates

ECB Meets as Invasion of Ukraine Complicates Path to Higher Rates
The European Central Bank (ECB) logo in Frankfurt, Germany, on Jan. 23, 2020. Ralph Orlowski/Reuters
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FRANKFURT—European Central Bank policymakers are gathering on Thursday for what may have become a crisis meeting as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine threatens to derail economic growth in the eurozone and complicate the ECB’s path out of negative interest rates.

The ECB’s policymaking Governing Council had been due to gather in Paris on Thursday for an “informal get-together.”