The very low level of long-term bond yields across the euro-zone suggests that there is no urgent need for the ECB to copy the US Fed’s “Operation Twist” by replacing short-dated securities with longer-dated ones. But this is a tool that it could deploy in its reinvestments next year if the end of asset purchases threatens to drive long-term borrowing costs substantially higher.
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