The ECB is lining up further stimulus, and we doubt that even a Jens Weidmann presidency could stop it. Meanwhile, the decline in bond yields in Italy this week increases the risk that the government presses ahead with tax cuts, weakening the public finances. Looking ahead, we think that June’s inflation data, which will be published next week, will show that the headline rate fell below 1%.
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