Saturday, August 06, 2011

ECB Expands QE: Will Buy Italian and Spanish Bonds

So I am right, the ECB will expand her version of Quantitative Easing (QE) operations

From Bloomberg,

Stocks erased losses after Reuters said the European Central Bank is pressuring Italy to make further reforms in return for buying Italian and Spanish bonds. Italy’s government will announce plans to speed up state-asset sales, liberalize the labor market and introduce a balanced-budget amendment into the country’s constitution, Sky TG24 reported today, citing unidentified officials.

European leaders are hunting for solutions to the debt crisis, helping Italy and Spain gain a respite from the market turbulence after the resumption of the ECB bond-buying program.

The ECB would be willing to buy more bonds of deficit-hit countries once they take “concrete” steps to stabilize their finances, European Central Bank council member Luc Coene said.

Today’s paper money system founded on the welfare based tripartite banking-central bank-government architecture seems bound for disintegration.

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