After leaving interest rates unchanged at 1.0% at it August meeting, President Trichet suggested that the ECB is unlikely to adopt new measures to stimulate the economy in the immediate future. We have not given up hope that the Bank will eventually act more boldly, but the longer it maintains its current stance, the greater the risk of a prolonged period of weak activity and deflation.
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