NEWS Release - Prompt tightening of the monetary policy reins
Bundesbank President Jens Weidmann has spoken out in favour of putting a timely end to the expansionary monetary policy of the European Central Bank (ECB). In an interview with the Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung (FAS), he took a critical view of the ECB Governing Council's decision to extend the asset purchase programme until at least the end of 2017, describing it as "highly substantial".