Has the market done the ECB’s job for it?

More policy loosening is on the way. But the case for the ECB to re-launch its public sector purchase programme is increasingly difficult to make given the recent rally in bonds. Meanwhile, we are braced for another set of weak industrial production data from Germany next week.

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