Draghi Grapples With Money Markets Showing Revival Too Soon

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Mario Draghi may need to take action to stop money-market investors getting ahead of themselves.

For the first time since 2008, overnight interbank rates are starting to exceed the European Central Bank’s benchmark interest rate, signaling a return to pre-crisis behavior even as the economy remains fragile. That’s testing the ECB president’s promise that officials are ready to respond to any unwarranted monetary tightening.