Euro-zone Labour Costs (Q2) & Trade (Jul.)

Today’s euro-zone labour costs data reinforce our view that the ECB will set out in October its plans to taper its asset purchases to zero in the first nine months of 2018. Meanwhile, July’s fall in the euro-zone trade surplus adds to the evidence that GDP growth might slow a touch in Q3.

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