ECB’s more positive outlook won’t have lasted long

The account of the ECB’s January meeting suggests that the ECB was becoming a little more positive on the economic outlook. But weak data and the spread of the coronavirus since then will have surely added to the downside risks. We are sticking to our view that policy will be loosened further in September.

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