ECB sees sustained rise in inflation as a distant prospect

President Draghi explained today that the ECB saw the recent rise in inflation as transient and outlined some tough conditions for future policy normalisation which are unlikely to be met for a very long time. Accordingly, we still expect asset purchases to continue well into 2018.

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