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No fixed end to QE – ECB’s Visco

FXStreet (Mumbai) - The European Central Bank (ECB) governing council member Ignazio Visco told a German newspaper today that there is no fixed end to the European Central Bank's (ECB) government bond-buying program.

"There is no fixed end to the program that we have decided on," Visco told German newspaper Handelsblatt in an interview published on Monday. He further added that it is necessary that the Eurozone economies implement their structural reforms and consolidate their budgets.

However, he also cautioned against expecting too much from the ECB. "Mario Draghi is not responsible for everything," he said.

BOJ Governor Kuroda plays down lack of options – BTMU

Derek Halpenny, European Head of GMR at Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, mentions that BOJ Kuroda’s in an interview to Bloomberg refused to accept that the easing by numerous central banks was hindering their efforts to life inflation in Japan, further adding it would be difficult to erase the ‘deflation mindset’ prevailing in Japan.
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EUR/JPY hovering around 133.00

EUR/JPY moved further to the upside during the European session and printed a fresh daily high at 133.28, after making a strong bounce from 16-month lows.
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