ECB’s Draghi briefed Merkel on QE plans

FXStreet (Bali) - According to Spiegel German magazine, ECB’s Draghi briefed German Chancellor Merkel and Finance Minister Schaeuble over the QE plans likely to be announced either this month or next one.

Spiegel magazine - no sources cited

The plan is national central banks would buy bonds issued by their own country."

Envisages limits of 20 percent to 25 percent on purchases of each country’s debt

Says Greece will be excluded from the program because its bonds don’t fulfill the necessary quality criteria

A German government spokesman said Merkel and Draghi met on Jan. 14 for “regular informal talks."