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Killed by friendly fire? The Euro zone, banks and Draghi's “Big Bertha”

by Olaf Storbeck on 05/24/2012

The Big Bertha, 1914 edition
The Big Bertha was one of the largest cannons of …

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Filed under Financial Crisis, Monetary Policy

Tagged as Big Bertha, ECB, European Central Bank, European sovereign debt crisis, Eurozone, LTRO, Mario Draghi, Markus Brunnermeier


  • Olaf Storbeck



    Olaf Storbeck, born 1974 , is a columnist at Reuters Breakingviews. Based in London, he covers Germany, the euro zone and economics. Before joining Breakingviews in November 2012, he was with Handelsblatt, Germany’s business and financial daily, for twelve years.
    Opinions expressed here are personal.
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