The ECB today reiterated its commitment to buying assets throughout this year and keeping interest rates at current or lower levels for an extended period. While the Bank believes that downside risks to growth have diminished, it will apparently not consider normalising policy until core inflation, and particularly wage growth, are clearly rising. We doubt that this will be the case for a long time yet.
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