At the ECB meeting the most important topic will be inflation, which is much lower than the ECB's 2% target.
Mario Draghi is likely to be dovish and signal that he will act to ensure that medium-term inflation expectations remain "anchored" if needed.
A rate cut will be discussed and even though it is not our main scenario, it is possible the ECB will react quickly to the low inflation rate. We expect the ECB to cut the refi rate in December when new forecasts are released.
Excess liquidity continues to decline and money market rates have been slowly pushed higher. The ECB does not like de facto monetary tightening, and looking ahead it is likely it will act by using non-standard measures.
The market has built up expectations of the ECB, but the pricing does not give a clear answer on the probability of a refi cut versus providing liquidity. For the November meeting some probability of a refi cut is also priced in.
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