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The European Central Bank failed to fully neutralize the liquidity created by its bond purchases for the third time since the program began. The Frankfurt-based central bank said today it drained 68.2 billion euros ($93.9 billion) from money markets via seven-day term deposits, 8.3 billion euros less than the 76.5 billion euros it intended to absorb.
The Frankfurt-based central bank said today it drained 68.2 billion euros ($93.9 billion) from money markets via seven-day term deposits, 8.3 billion euros less than the 76.5 billion euros it intended to absorb.
The failure to drain the intended amount today adds further "downside pressure on overnight rates," said Christoph Rieger, head of fixed-income strategy at Commerzbank AG in Frankfurt.
Note also this had been at the end of a run of bond purchases:
The ECB last week halted its bond purchases for the first time in three months.
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