ECB's purchase of ABS pays off as prices rise
Rates at highest levels in more than seven years spur banks to offload bonds
Brussels
EUROPEAN Central Bank (ECB) president Mario Draghi's plan to stimulate Europe's economy by buying asset-backed securities (ABS) is starting to show signs of working.
The ECB's purchase of four billion euros (S$6 billion) of notes since November is pushing prices to the highest levels in more than seven years in the region's 251 billion euro market. That is encouraging lenders from Mizuho Financial Group Inc to Caisse Centrale du Credit Immobilier de France SA to offload bonds that they have been holding onto since the financial crisis, according to people familiar with the matter.
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