We expect euro-zone GDP growth to remain fairly slow in the coming years. Germany’s fiscal stimulus should provide a temporary and fairly modest boost, but we don’t think that it will do much to raise growth prospects elsewhere. Meanwhile, we forecast inflation to undershoot the 2% target as energy prices fall and wage growth slows further. This will prompt the ECB to cut interest rates next year, taking the deposit rate down from 2% currently to 1.5%.
Elsewhere, we think that the SNB will cut its policy rate by 25bp in 2026, taking it back into negative territory while Norges Bank will also cut by 25bp. By contrast, we suspect that the Riksbank will keep its policy rate unchanged at 1.75%.
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