Analysts discourage hopes ECB will buy bank senior debt

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Analysts discourage hopes ECB will buy bank senior debt

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Participants in the financial institutions bond market have questioned whether the European Central Bank could begin buying senior unsecured bonds from banks, as part of a more aggressive quantitative easing programme. But analysts have been quick to dismiss the idea as implausible.

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