The German Court’s decision to allow the ESM to be ratified, together with the ECB’s earlier promise to meet ESM bond purchases with unlimited purchases of its own, suggests that a substantial firewall is now in place to prevent a Spanish or Italian default. But it could be months before this support actually materialises and, even then, bond purchases will do no more than buy time.
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