ECB Expands Stimulus Amid Economic Downturn

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ECB says it will expand its stimulus program with long-term loans for banks, as the eurozone posts its sharpest economic contraction on record

FRANKFURT—The European Central Bank said it would launch new long-term loans for eurozone banks, lower the interest rate on an existing batch of loans, and stand ready to increase purchases under a recently announced bond-buying program, amplifying its firepower to contain the economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic.

Investors will now turn to ECB President Christine Lagarde’s news conference starting at 8:30 a.m. ET for clues as to how the bank expects the region’s economy to perform, and what more the central bank...

 

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Again the biggest mistake ever. Aids to banks first..... Hence liquidity will vanish ...as usual!

I would like some stimulus. On the helmet.

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