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Far from being nonplussed by Germany’s Constitutional Court ruling of May 5 that the ECB’s Public Sector Purchase Programme (PSPP) may be illegal, it doubled the programme on June…
Germany-ECB tension.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB252576
ISSN: 2633-304X
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Fears of Europe's financial fragility are rising after the ECB ended its quantitative easing (QE) programme in December. The programme -- which lasted almost four years -- bought…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB240895
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While the Governing Council is divided over the issue, President Christine Lagarde appears to favour more active fiscal policy by member states to stabilise the European economy.
The changes aim to improve the efficiency of monetary policy in the environment of lower interest rates, inflation and growth, in which deflation, stagnation or recession are…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB263610
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The programme expands existing purchases of asset-backed securities and covered bonds with large-scale buying of bonds issued by euro-area governments, agencies and European…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB197198
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The euro-area government bonds outlook in the wake of the ECB's QE.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB198220
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Weidmann decided to quit early as his efforts to oppose ultra-loose monetary policies were continuously resisted in the ECB. Unlike his predecessors, Nagel does not appear to…
EU institutions.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB245357
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The agreement testifies to the wish of all parties to avoid a euro-area breakup. It averts the risk of Greece's immediate exit from the single currency. However, the risk of…