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ECB dragging feet over sovereign support

The ECB’s failure to step up its asset purchase programmes at today’s monetary policy meeting will leave investors with nagging doubts about its commitment to underwrite government borrowing during the coronavirus crisis. Eventually, however, the lack of joint fiscal action means the ECB will have to do so.

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