Are markets pricing in enough bad news on Europe?

Another set of downbeat business surveys out of the euro-zone and an increasingly cautious tone from ECB officials have put the EUR/USD rate under renewed pressure. But more broadly market participants do not appear particularly downbeat on the prospects for the European economy or financial assets: that may yet change.

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