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Swiss policymakers may cut rates before ECB

ECB policymakers have set out their stall ahead of next Thursday’s meeting and will continue to push back against expectations of early rate cuts – notwithstanding mounting evidence that the economy is probably in a mild recession. In contrast, the normally-hawkish Swiss National Bank has struck a more dovish note this week and we think it is likely to cuts its policy rate in March.

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