According to Jinshi, a European Central Bank poll showed that eurozone companies expect wage growth to slow, which provides policymakers with some comfort that inflation is safely falling. The ECB said in its corporate financing channel survey that companies expect wages to rise by 3.8% in the next 12 months, which is down from 4.5% in the November poll. Sales price expectations fell more sharply - from 4.5% to 3.3%. Workers' wages are a key variable for ECB officials to decide the timing and speed of interest rate cuts. The market generally expects the ECB to keep interest rates unchanged at this week's meeting, and may make the first rate cut in June.