Merkel de Alemania y Hansson del BCE a favor de que BCE compre bonos soberanos

Genevieve Signoret & Patrick Signoret

Un vocero del gobierno de Angela Merkel apoyó la propuesta del BCE de comprar bonos soberanos bajo ciertas condiciones (SF Gate), mientras que Ardo Hansson, miembro del Consejo de Gobierno del BCE, confirmó que las compras por parte del BCE estarían condicionadas, pero que serían “sustanciales” (WSJ).

Más detalle sobre la entrevista de Hansson:

The European Central Bank will tie future purchases of troubled governments’ securities to strict conditions to be set by the region’s bailout funds, but these purchases could be “substantial” and “sustainable,” ECB Governing Council member Ardo Hansson said Monday, in a sign the central bank is determined to rein in surging borrowing costs.

In an interview, Mr. Hansson said the ECB could discuss some proposals for its revamped program of government-bond purchases at its next meeting in September, although most details, such as whether countries under the program would maintain their access to markets or be fully financed by the bailout funds and the ECB, are still to be worked out.

“It should be big enough to deal with the problems you want to solve but you also have to look at risk considerations [for the ECB]. What you don’t want is little piecemeal things. It should be substantial and sustainable enough so it would actually make a difference,” said Mr. Hansson…

[…] The [ECB] plan wasn’t well received by the Bundesbank, Germany’s powerful central bank, which continues to oppose government-bond purchases under any circumstances.

In a sign he doesn’t share objections raised by Bundesbank President Jens Weidmann, Mr. Hansson, who took the helm of Estonia’s central bank in June, said “When you walk in there, you take off your national central bank hat and put on our ECB hat.”

He said “in the end everybody has one vote,” indicating Mr. Weidmann could be outvoted. Mr. Draghi said last week all ECB members had supported his proposals with the exception of Mr. Weidmann.

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