By Balazs Koranyi and Francesco Canepa

FRANKFURT (Reuters) -The European Central Bank is all but certain to leave interest rates unchanged for a third meeting in a row on Thursday, enjoying a rare moment of low inflation and steady growth even in the face of turbulence caused by shifting trade relations.

The ECB cut rates by a combined two percentage points in the year to June but has been on the sidelines since, making clear it is in no hurry to change policy given that inflation is at target, a sweet spot neither the Federal Reserve, the Bank of England nor the Bank of Japan has achieved.

Even if all 88 economists polled by Reuters see no change in rates this month, ECB President Christine Lagarde is unlikely to shut the door to further policy easing as the ever-shifting U.S. tariff r

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