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Euro-zone plans more peashooter than bazooka

The plans announced by euro-zone policymakers overnight look more like a peashooter than the “bazooka” previously promised to tackle the region’s problems. We have not altered our view that the crisis will deepen over the coming quarters, ultimately resulting in some form of break-up of the currency union.

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