[Institution: ECB's Preventive Rate Hikes May Calm Markets] Jin10 News, May 1 – Insight Investment senior investment specialist Jill Hazell stated in a report that one or two preventive rate hikes by the European Central Bank (ECB) could help calm markets and anchor inflation expectations, while retaining the flexibility to quickly reverse policy once the economic outlook becomes clearer. On Thursday, the ECB kept the deposit rate at 2% but discussed other options, including rate hikes. The expert noted: 'The ECB is in a favorable starting position: it led the global easing cycle and remains the only major central bank to have returned its policy to a neutral level.'