The European Central Bank (ECB) will not put a sudden end to its asset purchase program, ECB policymaker Jens Weidmann said in an interview with German newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung.
In comments due to be published on Sunday, Weidmann reiterated his criticism of the ECB’s asset purchases, saying he saw them “very critically.”
“Given that debts are still high in some euro zone countries, that could cause pressure to build on monetary policy to keep interest rates low for longer than is absolutely necessary,” said Weidmann, who is also an ECB policymaker.
But he added: “The ECB (Governing) Council will not end the purchases all of a sudden now.”
Source: Arab News
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