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US recession fears won’t deter ECB

Fears about a possible US recession have prompted investors to revise their ECB interest rate expectations down this week, but we have pushed ours up to show the deposit rate peaking at 2%. While next week we expect the euro-zone economic sentiment indicator to add to the evidence that growth slowed in June, we think that policymakers at the central bank will be more concerned by the inflation data, which look set to reach a new record high.

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