If we were to judge that the economy is in need of further stimulus, one option could be to extend the ECB’s outright asset purchases to other asset classes. But it is important to remember that asset purchases are not an end in themselves.
如果我们觉得经济需要进一步刺激，其中一个选项会是将欧洲央行的直接资产采购扩大到其他资产门类。但一定要记住资产采购本身并不是目的。它们是货币政策的一项工具，而非目标。