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QE - "European style": be bolder, but parsimonious!

 Billet du 24 mars 2015
Par Urszula Szczerbowicz, Natacha Valla
The ECB will purchase a monthly €60bn of private and public debt instruments between March 2015 and September 2016 – a total worth over €1 trillion. While the timing and size of purchases are known, there is more leeway than it seems in the way purchases are allocated to each category of assets.





Quantitative Easing: were markets surprised?

 Billet du 24 janvier 2015
Par Stéphane Lhuissier
The ECB has announced that it will launch in March its first round of quantitative easing. The announcement contains some good and bad surprises: the size of the ECB's plan is gigantic, while the Central Bank was unclear about the Greek issue. How was this announcement perceived by markets?

La Banque nationale suisse abolit son cours plancher

 Billet du 16 janvier 2015
Par Urszula Szczerbowicz
La Banque nationale suisse a abandonné le cours plancher du franc suisse le 14 janvier, ce qui a entraîné l’appréciation du franc vis-à-vis de l’euro. Cette annonce précède la très attendue décision de la BCE sur le Quantitative Easing. Quelles en sont les raisons et les implications ?


ECB equity purchases: too risky, really?

 Billet du 9 janvier 2015
Par Urszula Szczerbowicz, Natacha Valla
Instead of buying sovereign debt, the ECB could broaden further its purchases to include equity of all sorts. Fuelling an equity bubble is no worse than fuelling a bond one. It can be mitigated by intervening secretly and including non listed securities. Inhibitions to take risk should be lifted.


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