Draghi: ECB has discussed all assets but gold

FXStreet (London) - Speaking at the press conference following the European Central Bank’s decision to hold rates, ECB president Mario Draghi has said that the ECB would not need to be unanimous to roll out sovereign QE, but that a programme could be designed to ensure consensus on the governing council saying that “we have to remember we have a mandate and we don’t tolerate prolonged deviations from our mandate.”

Draghi added that in terms of asset purchases the ECB had discussed “all assets but gold.”