Brussels, 25/02/2013 (Agence Europe) - Last week, the European Central Bank published the first details (just ahead of the Italian general elections) of the country-by-country breakdown of its eurozone bond buy-up programme, SMP.
Of the total of €208.7 billion of bonds bought by the bank, the breakdown by country is as follows: - Italy: €99 billion; - Spain: €43.7 billion; - Greece: €30.8 billion; - Portugal: €21.6 billion; - Ireland: €13.6 billion.
SMP started in May 2010 to...