ECB account points to rate cuts and target change

The account of the Governing Council’s July meeting shows that there was broad support for further policy easing in September and perhaps for a change to the inflation target fairly soon. It leaves us comfortable with our forecast for a 10bp deposit rate cut in September and for more QE to be announced in October. We expect the ECB to include a lot of corporate bonds in its next round of asset purchases.

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