'A potential sea change event': ECB to halve €60bn bond buying programme

Reduced to €30bn-a-month

Tom Eckett
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The European Central Bank (ECB) has announced plans to cut back its €2trn quantitative easing programme from €60bn to €30bn a month of bond purchases from January 2018, but the scheme will be extended until September next year or longer if needed.

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