Little worried about inflation, the European Central Bank (ECB) intends above all to calm the nervousness of the markets in the face of rising bond rates.
She announced Thursday her decision to accelerate its emergency debt purchase program.
Launched a year ago in response to the Covid-19 pandemic, this program, PEPP, of 1,850 billion euros, has so far only been used for half of its amount.
"The buybacks during the next quarter will be carried out at a much higher rate than during the first months of this year"
, indicated the president, Christine Lagarde, at the end of the board of governors.
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She insisted on the flexibility of this program and on the ECB's desire to preserve favorable financing conditions in the euro zone.
In terms of economic growth, the ECB left
"broadly unchanged
es
»
Thursday its forecast.
Christine Lagarde indeed considers
“more balanced”
the
“risks”
for the economy linked to the health crisis.
GDP should
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