QE is coming, but it won’t revive the euro-zone

ECB President Mario Draghi could hardly have sent clearer signals today that the central bank will launch a programme of quantitative easing very soon, probably in January. But we doubt that the policy will be big and effective enough to revive the euro-zone economy and avert deflation.

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