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The European Central Bank (ECB) will have to hike its key interest rates further to combat inflation in the eurozone, ECB Vice President Luis de Guindos indicated in an interview with Portugal’s Expresso weekly published on Friday. “The slowdown in the economy is not going to ‘take care’ of inflation on its own. We need to continue the normalization of monetary policy. This is something everyone has to understand,” de Guindos said. After a long period of delay, the ECB hiked its key rate in July and raised it again this month to a current 1.25%. Further rises are predicted in the months ahead….