The European Central Bank(ECB) should launch an "unlimited" bond buying programme to help stem the eurozone debt crisis, according to the secretary-general of the OECD.
Despite opposition to the plan from within the ECB and especially Germany, Angel Gurria was clear such a step should be taken, the Telegraph reports. "If you have the ECB which can work in the markets in order to bring down maturities then why not?" he told a conference in Slovenia. "The system is at stake, the euro should not be put at risk ...
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