smud they take this announcement that the ecb itself is stepping up for no deal as a possibility in athey weren't weeks, months, years ago >> yes as i said, there is no zero probability of a no deal, and it is the duty of central banks to launch all measures that could prevent any risk it's a precautionary measure more than something else >> now, earlier today we have that pmi data coming out of europe, and i think it surprised many the strength of those numbers given what the ecb -- you shake your head no were you expecting to see a rebound after the weakness that we've seen in recent months? >> yes, to some extent there are many signs that the slowdown in euro zone growth we had last year is not protracted we have a lot of one-off effect. a bit of bad luck. the slowdown was not protected we have since christmas last year, we have a v-shaped market, financial conditions worldwide are going better, are easing we now have even more chinese stimulus the european car sector is restarting slowly, so we have a v-shaped recovery in the economy. especially in service. a look at the previous