During the last week, the one leading up to August 14,8th, the ECB bought public bonds for XNUMX billion euros, thus bringing the total purchases made so far since the beginning of quantitative easing at 269,87 billion. Furthermore, during the week Abs were purchased for 332 million and covered bonds for 1,414 billion.
The last few days have been marked by the agreement with Greece for the new aid plan and above all, on the international front, by the move by the Chinese central bank, which in three days devalued three times the yuan, adjusting downwards the exchange rate with the dollar first by 1,9%, then by 1,6 and finally by 1,1%.