
“The European Central Bank is ready to take ‘decisive action’ and use its full range of policies to keep the euro bloc from sliding into crippling deflation, President Mario Draghi said Thursday. Draghi said it would be ‘pointless’ to speculate now exactly which tool the bank might use. He said the bank would use any means allowed. In theory, that also includes injecting new money into the economy, as the U.S. Federal Reserve has done, though such a move would run into strong opposition from Germany, the eurozone’s largest member.”
http://bigstory.ap.org/article/ecb-confronts-slow-economy-low-inflation
Related posts:
Poll: Public doubts rise on surveillance, privacy
Amid crackdown, China requires Party building in social groups’ charters
The most powerful person in the global economy
Syria Resolution Intentionally Vague, Obama Can Put Boots On The Ground
China now home to the world’s fastest supercomputer
Swiss voters reject world's highest minimum wage, block fighter jets
Want to see how America is changing? Property taxes hold the answer
Mississippi to lure French tax dodgers?
Golden threads for the undie drawers of the wealthy
Obama couldn’t eat at Hill meeting without food ‘taster’
CIA rolls out ‘new and improved website’
Officer Shoots a Fleeing, Handcuffed Suspect
In Test Project, N.S.A. Tracked Cellphone Locations
In a Tough Job Market, Who’s Employed and Who's Not
Unique institute unites capitalists who want to save the world