A rate-hike response by the ECB would not have achieved much [and would have been] counter-productive in slowing European growth.

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There is clearly more tightening just around the corner.

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The problem is that the markets were so pessimistic at the start of the year that they now risk overshooting in the other direction. If these [heightened] expectations take hold, there is a danger that they could push up the euro too fast.

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I don't think the ECB will cut rates today simply because they're still trying to get a grasp on what happenings in the EMU economy and secondly because the softer euro is doing some of the policy relaxation for them.

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