The real disappointment this week: the ECB

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Election drama and political uncertainty may be exercising the market in the UK, but sharp falls overnight in stock markets round the world were a reaction to a different factor: the surprising complacency demonstrated by the European Central Bank (ECB) as the bloc's economic outlook deteriorates almost by the day.

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