As commented previously, the reason for today’s 30 point rip in emini futures from the lows hit just 4 hours ago, was a test of the ECB emergency BTFD service, today provided courtesy of Reuters which, just after the European close, gave what is ever more incorrectly called the “market” its dose of upward momentum ignition, when it reported that, in addition to the previously announced “private QE” which includes ABS and covered bond purchases, that Goldman’s head of the European central bank would also go ahead and monetize corporate bonds, taking a step even further than the Fed, which at least is confined to public securities, and directly influencing private asset prices.
The reason is well-known: in Europe there is a scarcity of unencumbered public debt, something we observed years ago…
This post was published at Zero Hedge on 10/21/2014.
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