Amid a welter of dismal data suggesting the slowdown in the 16-nation euro zone will be worse than that stateside in the U.S., markets expect a half-percentage-point cut to 1%.

• 一系列低迷数据显示，欧元区16国的经济放缓程度要比美国更加严重；在这种背景下，市场预计欧洲央行会减息半个百分点至1%25。