Moreover, the asset-backed securities market is to be revived by the purchase of ABSs. All of this is intended to flood the markets, expand the euro system’s balance sheet by €700 billion ($890 billion), and return to the balance-sheet volume recorded at the start of 2012.
因此，欧洲央行决定将货币刺激加倍的决定应该被视为绝望的行动。其关键利率已下降至0.05%，存款利率已为负值，定向长期再融资操作意在支持银行放贷。此外，资产支持证券（ABS）市场将因购买ABS的计划而得到复苏。所有这些都是为了提振市场、将欧元系统的资产负债表扩大7,000亿欧元，并使其回到2012年初创下的纪录水平。