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Praet’s Cautious Approach to ECB Bond Buying Attracts Doubts
LONDON (Capital Markets in Africa) – The European Central Bank’s ultra-cautious approach to removing stimulus triggered varying reactions, including a defense by chief economist Peter Praet and criticism from one of his former colleagues. Addressing a workshop in Frankfurt on Monday, Praet argued that the Governing Council’s decision to keep quantitative easing open-ended was appropriate as inflation in the 19-nation euro region remains subdued. For Francesco Papadia, a former director general for market operations at the ECB, officials had…
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