In the near term, what this means is that there is very little spare money in the EFSF / ESM to initiate
a bond buying programme in the secondary market, which was the favoured option in the G20 summit discussions this week.
Not exact matches
Assuming that rising prices would follow hard on the heels of a jobs boom, both the Fed and the Bank of England ended stimulative
bond -
buying programmes and prepped markets for looming rate rises.
• Duration of the
programme: the ECB said in January the
bond -
buying would continue until September 2016, or at least until the bank saw a «sustained adjustment in the path of inflation» towards its 2pc target
The bottom line of Draghi's answers was that the ECB would only
buy government
bonds rated lower than investment grade if the countries are in a bailout
programme and the
programme is not in a review period.
Central banks have
bought huge quantities of government
bonds through their QE
programmes.
11.35 On the question of national central bank
bond -
buying, Goldman Sachs reckons today's announcement is likely to get us closer to 19 distinct QE
programmes all running at the same time.
But as soon as the
bonds are paid back in June, and the waiver is back in place, the ECB will
buy Greek
bonds under the new QE
programme.
Kit Juckes, of Societe Generale, said: «Today's ECB meeting in Cyprus should be accompanied by a few more details about the
bond -
buying programme, but few fireworks.
The ECB can not
buy Greek
bonds, and the
programme can not
buy private
bonds.
Eurozone inflation has suddenly dipped to its lowest level in more than a year, calling into question plans for the bloc's central bank to end its vast
bond -
buying programme.
Marilyn Watson, head of Global Fundamental Fixed Income Strategy at BlackRock predicts: «Given the currency bloc's improving fundamental backdrop and recent impressive data releases, particularly in Germany, not to mention the shortage of supply of
bonds to
buy, we believe that the ECB will fully taper its asset purchase
programme by the end of 2018.»
The European Central Bank has spent more than 1 trillion euros since launching its government
bond -
buying programme 18 months ago.