Draghi keeps helicopter spinning

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by Chris Becker

Last night the ECB had its monthly interest rate meeting and kept rates at historic lows, as expected. Further to that, ECB President Mario “whatever it takes” Draghi stated the bank was ready to “revamp” its QE program including an expansion of the stimulus as economic growth and inflation forecasts continued to slide to the downside. Are we at helicopter money yet?

Here are the details, from Bloomberg:

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