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Tweaking our (already dovish) ECB forecast

Mr Draghi’s comments at the ECB’s press conference last week suggest that the Governing Council is gearing up to loosen monetary policy a bit earlier than we had anticipated. We now think it will shave the deposit rate from -0.4% to -0.5% by year-end, and resume its asset purchase programme next March.

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