- A breakdown shows the central bank purchased €11.1B of German bonds, €8.75B French, and €7.6B Italian, among others. The only EMU member states excluded were Greece and Cyprus - both banned from being part of QE until coming into compliance with their bailout programs - and Estonia.
- The ECB plan is to buy €60B worth of government paper through at least September of next year, but better-than-hoped news on the economy already has some speculating on a taper before then.
- ETFs: EU, BUNL, ITLY, ITLT, GGOV, BUNT