No early end to ECB quantitative easing: economists

Frankfurt

THE European Central Bank (ECB) won't end its asset-buying programme early, though it might do so abruptly, economists say.

More than two-thirds of respondents in a Bloomberg survey said the ECB will stop quantitative easing (QE) in September 2016, as currently planned, and most of those said it'll do so without tapering purchases.

The remaining analysts said policymakers will gradually wind the programme down, with the end-date ranging from December 2016 to December 2017.

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