Members of the ECB Governing Council are unanimous in believing that interest rates should be raised but divided over how quickly. We expect them to confirm next Thursday that the Bank will end net asset purchases in early July and raise the deposit rate out of negative territory by the end of September. The policy statement is also likely to leave the door open to a 50bp hike in July. We think surging inflation will ultimately prompt the ECB to raise interest rates more than the consensus and investors expect this year.
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