The European Central Bank (ECB) pulled out the heavy artillery late Wednesday evening (18 March) by announcing a new massive repurchase operation of private and public securities on an unprecedented scale of €750 billion, greater than the effort made in 2012 during the sovereign debt crisis in the euro area.
Objective: to convince the financial markets that the monetary institute will do 'whatever it takes' to prevent the fragmentation of the market for sovereign securities of euro-area...