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Gloomy data overshadow Draghi’s finale

Business surveys for October published this week supported our view that economic growth in the euro-zone is likely to remain anaemic until well into 2020, requiring incoming ECB President Christine Lagarde to oversee further policy stimulus next year. Meanwhile, next week’s euro-zone CPI data for October are likely to show that inflation in the region remains very low.

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