Bond markets are a long way from needing ECB intervention – in the recent past, policymakers have only got twitchy when 10-year sovereign spreads were around 250bp. If spreads approached those levels, for example due to a fiscal crisis in France, the Bank could use the Transmission Protection Instrument (TPI) to limit contagion. It could even use the TPI in France if the government committed to sound fiscal policy.
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