The currency rose last week after Sweden's central bankbroke with growing caution among major monetary-policy makers bysaying it would stick to its plan to raise rates in the secondhalf of 2019. When ECB policymakers meet on March 7 they are expected toslash growth and inflation projections as the euro zone suffersits worst slowdown in half a decade. Traders are betting on a weaker euro in coming months,expecting the ECB to maintain its easy monetary policy amid slowgrowth, tepid inflation and political uncertainty.