Eurozone bond yields plumb new lows after QE launch
ECB and national central banks start programme of buying govt bonds
London
YIELDS on bonds of nearly all euro zone countries hit record lows on Tuesday, a day after the European Central Bank began purchases under a 1 trillion euro (S$1.5 trillion) programme to revive inflation and economic growth.
Italian, Spanish and Irish yields all hit new troughs as peripheral euro zone debt caught up with Monday's rally in core bonds, which saw yields on Austrian, Dutch German and Finnish paper shrink to record lows.
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