ECB makes hawkish TLTRO move, as new QE expected

The European Central Bank will price the third instalment of its Targeted Longer-Term Refinancing Operations (TLTRO III) more harshly than expected, it revealed on Thursday. This should keep most banks using market funding. Meanwhile, expectations are rising of another round of quantitative easing, something that would boost prices of bank debt, write Tom Brown, Jasper Cox, David Freitas and Bill Thornhill.