‘Extra caution’ advised for 2017 political risk

European public sector issuers are gearing up for another year of potential political turbulence, with the trend for pollsters to fail to call results — as seen with the election of US president-elect Donald Trump and Brexit — likely to make issuance planning more difficult. That outlook is likely to force a more dovish approach from the European Central Bank at its last governing council meeting of the year in December, said bankers.