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GDP figures don't preclude the need for ECB action

Q4’s euro-zone GDP figures confirmed that the currency union’s economic situation improved marginally at the end of last year, but the ECB will need to take further action to ensure that the recovery is sustained. Despite a raft of fairly upbeat data and central bank meetings across Scandinavia last week, we expect monetary policy in most of the region to remain loose for a long time yet.

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