Markets

Dormant Draghi ... for how much longer?

The European Central Bank - like the Bank of England - has decided against an immediate further loosening of monetary policy, but Mario Draghi, president, says some ECB policymakers favour cutting interest rates. Ralph Atkins, the FT's capital markets editor, argues that with small businesses in the eurozone's south facing a severe credit crunch and the stronger euro hitting eurozone exports, further action from the ECB may soon prove inevitable.