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With European economy in record drop, central bank gives aid

by Associated Press
| April 30, 2020 6:27 AM

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — The European Central Bank is stepping up its efforts to cushion the economy against a record downturn that the bank's president, Christine Lagarde, said was “of a magnitude and speed that are unprecedented in peacetime.”

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