ECB QE expansion now more likely than ever

ECB President Mario Draghi surprised many with his very dovish comments at the press conference that followed last week’s ECB Governing Council meeting. But he remained coy about what tools the Bank might use to loosen policy. An interest rate cut looks more likely than before. But the bigger news would be an expansion of the QE programme, which we think will come in December.

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