Commentary: ECB must address QE misallocation risk
By Frank Westermann in Osnabrück
By the end of this year, the European Central Bank is expected to end its monthly net asset purchases. This raises several questions about the ECB’s reinvestment strategy and the implications for individual countries. The central bank’s quantitative easing programme was not as successful as believed. The real issue for the ECB governing council to address when discussing fiscal implications of reinvestment is...