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ECB: Growth forecasts lower, now pointing to "moving towards downside risks."
- Inflation forecasts broadly in line with previous.
- Greater emphasis on weaker external demand.
- Most other changes in Draghi's opening statement very minor and in line with
the 12:45GMT statement.
- Technical announcement regarding reinvestments to come out 1530CET.
- EGB futures ever so slightly higher as Draghi finishes up, but just a few
ticks. Bunds back around where they were at 1245GMT when decision released ..
EURUSD a more dramatic mover, hitting day's low at 1.1349. 
- BTP 10-yr spreads now up about 3bps since pre-decision (1245GMT), 265.3bps,
about 2bps of which is a higher BTP yield and about 1bps a lower Bund yield.
Nothing too crazy thus far.
- Euribor strip pretty much unchanged on the day after the opening statement.
- EURUSD about 40 pips lower, hitting low of the day at 1.1339.

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