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ECB looks to stimulus by stealth

By Ralph Atkins in Frankfurt

Published: June 24 2009 22:33 | Last updated: June 24 2009 22:33

Jean-Claude Trichet
Jean-Claude Trichet: the ECB president has coined the phrase ‘enhanced credit support’ to describe the bank’s policy

Two years ago, the European Central Bank reacted to the just-erupting global financial crisis with a massive liquidity injection that left markets – and the world’s other central banks – gawping. On August 9 2007 it injected €95bn overnight to help ease the tension.

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