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Bruno Cavalier

The ECB faced with downside inflation risks

The ECB Governing Council has reasons to be cheerful and reasons to worry. The cause for satisfaction is that inflation in the eurozone has returned to the target after more than three years of exceeding it. The cause for concern is that inflation threatens to remain durably below target. These are the consequences of the 'Trump shock', namely a stronger euro (or weaker dollar), weaker global growth, a diversion of Chinese exports towards European markets, and uncertainty hampering the eurozone’s recovery. After 200bp of monetary easing in a year (including -25bp this Thursday), the ECB would probably be inclined to pause its rate cuts but cannot do less than maintain an easing bias.
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Bruno Cavalier

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