Trichet’s 10 year ‘limit’ not categorically imperative

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Trichet’s 10 year ‘limit’ not categorically imperative

An above average jump in the European Central Bank’s covered bond purchases on a day when the only public deal to have been settled is longer than 10 years has raised questions over the maturity restrictions applicable to the programme.

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