What will ECB QE do to core euro-zone bond yields?

An ECB quantitative easing (QE) programme will probably not be decisive enough to prompt a rise in inflation expectations like that which lifted US Treasury yields during the Fed’s bouts of QE. Accordingly, core euro-zone bond yields are likely to stay low or fall further as deflation fears persist.

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