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ECB official says central bank could buy gold to boost inflation

Section: Daily Dispatches

ECB Could Buy Gold to Revive Economy

By Peter Spence
The Telegraph, London
Monday, November 17, 2014

Gold, shares, and exchange-traded funds -- the European Central Bank (ECB) may turn to buying any or all of these in an attempt to boost inflation in the currency bloc.

Yves Mersch, a member of the ECB's executive board, said that the purchase of these assets was "theoretically" an option for the central bank, which earlier this year resolved to "take further unconventional measures to counteract a lengthy period of lower inflation."

His speech, delivered in German, came as official statistics published on Friday showed inflation of just 0.4 percent in the year to October. ...

The official said that while there was scope to buy such assets, the ECB is about to embark on a programme of asset-backed securities purchases. ...

... For the remainder of the report:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/economics/11235269/ECB-could-buy-gold...



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