Ongoing fears over the inflation outlook will leave the ECB in a fairly hawkish mood for now. But recent signs that the economy is stagnating (at best) support our view that interest rates will not rise further. Indeed, with easing energy effects and slowing activity causing a sharp fall in inflation in the coming months, we still expect the Bank to start cutting rates early next year.
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