How might the ECB expand QE?

It looks increasingly likely that the ECB will expand its asset purchase programme, possibly even as soon as next month. We think that the Bank will step up the pace of purchases, perhaps to €80bn per month. It might also suggest that those purchases will continue beyond September 2016.

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