QE expansion uneven across the euro-zone

The expansion of the ECB’s QE programme may have contributed to the recent increase in euro-zone equity prices and economic sentiment. But purchases of government bonds have increased by more in the region’s core than in the periphery, suggesting that the impact of the expanded programme might be weakest in the countries that need it most.

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