Is the ECB keeping government bond yield spreads low?

A number of commentators have argued that the ECB is inadvertently keeping euro-zone government bond yield spreads artificially low because of the way it provides liquidity to the banking system. In this Focus we assess the validity of this argument and the prospects for yield spreads within the euro-zone.

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