Euro-zone policymakers’ plan to offer precautionary credit lines to some governments is a step in the right direction, but it is too small and not the best tool for the job. It stops well short of fully mutualising the cost of dealing with the virus – which may be needed to contain the risk of a new debt crisis.
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