The outspoken reluctance of the ECB president to revise the perpetual crisis mode of monetary policy increasingly destabilises the Eurosystem

Once again Mr. Draghi and Monsieur Coeuré have won the debate over QE in the Governing Council. Contrary to what has been requested by the representatives of traditional hard currency countries, the Asset Purchase Programme (APP) will remain open-ended. Far more important is Draghi’s confirmation that only the net asset purchase will decrease from January 2018 onwards. (Read more …)