BERKELEY – August 2 marked the first anniversary of the European Central Bank’s “outright monetary transactions” program, under which it stands ready to purchase government bonds on the secondary market. The ECB announced OMT in response to last summer’s panicked sales of southern European sovereign debt, which threatened to blow apart the eurozone.
伯克利—8月2日是欧洲央行“直接货币交易”（OMT）计划满一年的日子，根据该计划，欧洲央行随时准备着在二级市场上买入政府债券。欧洲央行宣布OMT是为了对付让欧元区有崩溃之虞的南欧主权债务的恐慌性抛售。