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No rate cut yet, but more bond buying

While the news on the euro-zone economy points strongly to the need for more policy support, there have been few hints that the ECB is intending to cut interest rates at its November meeting. However, new President Mario Draghi is likely both to signal a rate cut in December and pledge to maintain the ECB’s unconventional support in the form of both unlimited lending to banks and further peripheral bond purchases.

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