Currently it is hovering around 1.7 %, slightly lower than the ECB’s SPF (2015Q1) results. 6  BIS central bankers’ speeches  As far as financial markets are concerned, the impact of the asset purchase programme accounts for most of the fall in euro area long-term sovereign bond yields since last December, as market participants anticipated the ECB’s QE programme.
The Federal Reserve has also produced a ten-minute video entitled “Year 2000 Executive Awareness” intended for viewing by a bank’s board of directors and senior management. The video presents a summary of the Year 2000 five-phase project management plan outlined in the interagency policy statement.