ECB rate hikes still a very distant prospect

The ECB is set to announce further plans to phase out unconventional policy support after its meeting next month. But with the Bank’s call for fiscal consolidation highlighting the downward pressure on future growth and inflation, official interest rates will be on hold for a long while yet.

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