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ECB history shows 50bp rate cut is possible

Before the global financial crisis, 50bp interest rate cuts by the ECB were more common than 25bp reductions. Circumstances today are different, but if ECB policymakers are convinced that they need to keep cutting, we think they would not shy away from a 50bp cut at one of the forthcoming meetings.

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