NEW YORK (Reuters) – The euro falls to record lows Thursday, barely above $ 1.10, while the dollar extended gains against a basket of major currencies, after the European Central Bank said it will launch a massive program of bond purchases next week.
The common currency of the eurozone, which has lost nearly 15% against the dollar in six months, down 0.4% Thursday to $ 1.1034 after falling to a minimum even at 11 and a half years of 1.1007 during a press conference ECB President Mario Draghi.
Draghi spoke after the ECB in its battle against the economic weakness of the euro zone and low inflation, raised its growth forecasts for 2015 and 2016 and set a date for March 9 bond purchases 60,000 million euros per month.
Analysts have suggested that the ECB will distort the bond market to buy with negative returns. Draghi said only avoid the underperforming the ECB deposit rate of -0.2% bonds.
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