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***To give some scale to the ECB, below are...>

BONDS
BONDS: ***To give some scale to the ECB, below are the big numbers for bond
buying/selling/holdings in Europe.
- ECB buying at E60bln per month: E720bln
- ECB buying at E30bln per month: E360bln
- PSPP quantity so far: E1.75trn (Sept-17)
- APP quantity so far: E2.1trn (Sept-17)
- General government debt: E9.75 trillion (including E7.83trn of debt securities
in Q2 2017)
- Size of long term debt securities in euros: E16trn (Jun-17)
- Eurozone general government annual budget deficit: E166bln (2016)
- Expected Euro area gross central govt bond supply in 2017: E873bln (MNI
estimate)
- Flow into Euro area bond investment funds in year to Q2: E350bln (multi yr
peak)
- Eurozone MFI (bank) holdings of government debt securities: E1.597trn (Jun)

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