Shortage of assets won’t prevent ECB QE expansion

The limited supply of eligible government bonds need not prevent the ECB from delivering the significant increase in asset purchases that is needed to impress investors. We see it buying the debt of a bigger range of quasi-public companies and maybe also Bunds with yields below the deposit rate.

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