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Will the ECB be forced to adopt QE?

With the impending bailout failing to reduce Greek bond yields and concerns spreading to other peripheral economies, some have suggested that the ECB might yet step in and buy government bonds itself. Whether it does or not, it is becoming clearer by the moment that conventional monetary policy will need to remain extremely loose for a very long time.

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