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How will the ECB respond to the rise in bond yields?

The recent increases in real bond yields leave them still at low levels, but ECB policymakers nonetheless seem uncomfortable. Their verbal interventions have had little impact so far, so we think that there is a good chance that they will increase their asset purchases to bring yields down again before long.

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