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ECB losing its optimism

The account of the ECB’s last meeting confirms that the Governing Council was less confident about the economic outlook, even in mid-December. While policy loosening is very unlikely for now, the account implies that if further support were needed, the ECB would first launch another round of TLTROs.

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