De Grauwe, Paul - In: Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung 88 (2019) 2, pp. 51-54
The ECB has announced that when government and corporate bonds come to maturity in the context of its QE-program, new bonds will be bought in the market so as to keep the money stock (money base) unchanged. This creates a "window of opportunities" for the ECB. It could replace the old bonds with...