March 7 (Reuters) - Citigroup expects the European Central Bank to hike rates by 50 basis points each in March and May to push its policy rates to about 4% by July.
Economists led by Arnaud Marès said this course of action by the ECB will more likely result in overtightening of rates to tame record high inflation.
Reporting by Aniruddha Ghosh in Bengaluru; Editing by Subhranshu Sahu