Euro-zone activity surveys for November, released last week, suggest that the economic recovery regained some pace in Q4. But the rates of growth that they imply would still only reduce the spare capacity in the economy slowly. As a result, the outlook for inflation is still weak and the apparent strength of growth is unlikely to deter the ECB from announcing additional stimulus on Thursday.
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