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LTROs won't solve the euro-zone crisis

The ECB’s second three-year loan operation will provide further vital support for the euro-zone’s beleaguered banking sector. But hopes that the funds will also solve the fiscal crisis and breathe life into the ailing euro-zone economy are likely to be disappointed.

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