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Draghi could take faster route to tapering QE

Thursday's ECB meeting may see official start of talks to end ultra-low rates, taper quantitative easing

Published Sun, Apr 23, 2017 · 09:50 PM

Frankfurt

MARIO Draghi may be willing to take a faster route to monetary-policy normalisation than economists previously thought.

While no changes to interest rates or asset purchases are expected at Thursday's meeting, most respondents in a Bloomberg survey now say the European Central Bank president will revise forward guidance as early as June, six months sooner than in an earlier poll.

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