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ECB expected to deliver a dovish statement – Danske Bank

FXStreet (Edinburgh) - Pernille Henneberg, Senior Analyst at Danske Bank, believes the ECB meeting could lean towards the dovish side on Thursday.

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“Overall we expect the ECB to sound dovish and slightly worried at its upcoming meeting on 3 September”.

“The lower oil price together with the stronger effective EUR are challenging the ECB’s outlook for a sustained adjustment in inflation and, looking at the 5Y5Y inflation-linked swap rate, inflation expectations do not seem well anchored”.

“Currently, we see a low probability of the ECB delivering imminent easing and we believe the ECB will first attempt to improve the inflation outlook by verbal intervention”.

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