ECB boosts pandemic stimulus package to 1.35t euros

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THE European Central Bank (ECB) approved a bigger-than-expected expansion of its stimulus package on Thursday to prop up an economy plunged by the coronavirus pandemic into its worst recession since World War II. Read more at The Business Times.

The announcement, which comes just weeks after Germany's Constitutional Court ruled that the ECB had already been exceeding its mandate with a longstanding asset purchase programme, prompted a rally in the euro and bond markets.

It predicted a partial rebound with growth of 5.2 per cent next year and 3.3 per cent in 2022 but Ms Lagarde told a news conference that signs of any recovery so far were"tepid", and that risks to its baseline projection were on the downside.

 

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