Data released this week suggest that our assumption that euro-zone GDP rose by 0.2% in Q4 could be too optimistic, but we still think that the economy will grow in Q1. Meanwhile, rapid house price inflation adds to the case for the ECB to, in Jay Powell’s words, start thinking about thinking about raising interest rates.
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