The ECB was bolder than expected today, upping its support for the banking sector and embarking on a new bout of bond purchases to help the peripheral economies. The Bank claimed that these measures should not be seen as a guide to the future path of interest rates, but its softer stance clearly supports our view that the tightening cycle is already over.
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