MUNICH – The European Central Bank has managed to calm the markets with its promise of unlimited purchases of eurozone government bonds, because it effectively assured bondholders that the taxpayers and pensioners of the eurozone’s still-sound economies would, if necessary, shoulder the repayment burden. Although the ECB left open how this would be carried out, its commitment whetted investors’ appetite, reduced interest-rate spreads in the eurozone, and made it possible to reduce the funding of crisis-stricken economies through the printing press (Target credit).
慕尼黑—欧洲央行用其无限制买入欧元区政府债券的承诺稳定了市场，因为这一承诺实际上是向债权人保证，欧元区依然坚挺的国家的纳税人和退休金领取者会在必要时承担偿债负担。尽管欧洲央行对于如何实施购买计划并未提及，但其承诺已足够刺激投资者的胃口，降低欧元区内部利差，并且使通过印钞（Target信用）降低受危机侵袭国家资金负担成为了可能。