Commerzbank reported profit growth in Q4 and announced plans for a dividend and buyback
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Airbus reported strong results for the year.
The European Central Bank’s latest economic bulletin reiterated a plan to continue raising rates significantly at a steady pace while ECB President Lagarde repeated that high inflation is having a significant impact and must be brought back down to 2.0%.
ECB policymaker Panetta spoke in favor of smaller rate hikes.