ECB rate cut was pre-emptive, bond buys temporary

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - The European Central Bank's interest rate cut on Thursday was a pre-emptive strike, policymaker Juergen Stark said on Friday, and urged the bank to call an early halt to its sovereign bond-buying programme. The comments by Stark, who will step down from the bank's six-strong ...

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