ECB Policy Announcement (December 2024)

While the ECB’s decision to cut its deposit rate by 25bp was widely expected, the accompanying statement suggests that policymakers are less concerned than previously about upside risks to inflation and that they don’t expect to keep policy restrictive for much longer. 

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