The following are key comments by European Central Bank policymakers ahead of the Thursday’s policy meeting, which is expected to approve a fresh stimulus package to prop up growth. While the final composition of the package is uncertain, policymakers are contemplating a combination of a rate cut, asset buys, a new guidance on interest rates and help for banks in offsetting the side effects of negative interest rates. Policy hawks, who oppose radical stimulus, have spoken en masse but doves, who make up a majority in the Governing Council, have been unusually quiet in their public commentary. “I call for particular ... (full story)