Economics

Lockdowns Menacing Europe Test ECB Stimulus Wind-Down Timeline

  • Austria reimposes harsh restrictions; Germany may follow suit
  • Euro-area economy to take hit with decision due on fate of QE
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The return of lockdowns to stem Europe’s latest wave of Covid-19 cases risks sapping the economic recovery and calling into question the timetable for the European Central Bank’s wind down of emergency stimulus.