Melvyn Krauss, (2018), “The ECB should extend its bond-buying programme”, Financial Times, 18 November
The European Central Bank is signalling that it intends to end its €2.5tn quantitative easing programme next month. Mario Draghi, ECB president, made that clear at the bank’s monthly meeting in October. Yet the recent eurozone growth numbers were the weakest since 2014. The danger for the ECB is that it will have to start QE up again soon after ending it.
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- Joseph E. Gagnon, (2018), «When the Next Recession Hits: A User’s Guide for Future QE», Peterson Institute for International Economics, 14 November
- Ferdinando Giugliano, (2018), «The Punk Rock Life Is No Place for the ECB», Bloomberg Opinion, 15 November