How far will the ECB lag behind?

The markets and most forecasters believe that the European Central Bank will sit on its hands and leave euro-zone interest rates unchanged throughout 2008 while the US Fed and UK MPC both loosen policy aggressively. But we think that the ECB will cut interest rates sooner and further than the markets expect.

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