Credit market cheers as Draghi 'does the right thing' again

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Credit market cheers as Draghi 'does the right thing' again

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President of the European Central Bank (ECB) Mario Draghi attends a press conference in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, 05 June 2014. The European Central Bank cuts interest rates to an historic low of 0.15 per cent to spur economic growth and bank lending. Photo: ARNE DEDERT/dpa | Arne Dedert/DPA/Press Association Images

Corporate credit markets reacted with delight to the European Central Bank’s announcement on Thursday of a further easing of monetary policy, with a rate cut and up to €400bn of cheap funding for banks to stimulate lending to the real economy.

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