Draghi starts squaring QE circle in one month of persuasion
Frankfurt
MARIO Draghi has one month to win consensus on quantitative easing (QE) by showing that he won't endanger the European Central Bank (ECB).
As officials prepare to consider sovereign-bond purchases on Jan 22, the ECB president is working to get as many policymakers and as much of the public on his side as possible. One concession being debated is to require national central banks to be responsible for at least some of their own credit risk, according to people familiar with the talks.
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