The headquarters of the European Central Bank (ECB, R) is pictured in Frankfurt am Main, western Germany, on December 12, 2024, prior to the bank's press conference on monetary policy in the eurozone. Faced with a stuttering economy, political turbulence in the eurozone and the prospect of renewed trade tensions with the United States, the European Central Bank is set to cut interest rates again. It would be the ECB's third straight reduction as it increasingly focuses on spurring lending to boost consumer spending and business investment in the 20 countries that use the euro. (Photo by Kirill KUDRYAVTSEV / AFP) (Photo by KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV/AFP via Getty Images)