The European Central Bank (ECB) is under pressure from eurozone politicians to introduce quantitative easing (QE) to reduce the value of the euro against the dollar. Politicians say a fall of 10 per cent from $1.35 to $1.20-1.25 is needed to help eurozone companies export and tackle low inflation.
But not everyone is convinced a European version of QE would weaken the euro and, in the meantime, the strength of the euro and sterling against the dollar (and emerging market currencies) is having a major impact on investments...............................................Full Article: Source |