EC Business & Consumer Survey (Dec.)

December’s EC Business and Consumer Survey suggests that the euro-zone economy gained yet more momentum at the end of 2017, but inflation expectations remain low. This supports the ECB’s gradual approach to normalising monetary policy. We think that it will wait until late 2019 to raise interest rates.

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