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How debt chiefs deal with QE's bond scarcity in eurozone

Published Thu, Jan 14, 2016 · 09:50 PM

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Edinburgh

DEBT agencies in the euro region are taking steps to solve a problem that policymakers deny exists.

While officials from the European Central Bank (ECB) say monthly purchases of about one per cent of the debt outstanding haven't constricted the market, sales of "off-the-run" bonds by some of the region's biggest issuers argue to the contrary.

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