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Mario Draghi has said there is no limit to how far the European Central Bank will go to hit its targets in a sharp response to market criticism that his latest stimulus package did not go far enough

No limit’ to ECB action to hit targets, pledges Draghi Claire Jones in Frankfurt and Adam Samson in New York   Comments ©EPA Mario Draghi speaking at the Economic Club of New York Mario Draghi has said there is no limit to how far the European Central Bank will go to hit its targets in a sharp response to market criticism that  his latest stimulus package  did not go far enough. The ECB pledged on Thursday to continue its €60bn-a-month bond buying quantitative easing plan until March 2017 and cut a key interest rate to a fresh record low of minus 0.3 per cent. But  the measures disappointed investors  that have come to rely on Mr Draghi to smash expectations, with a broad market sell-off after the ECB failed to deliver deeper cuts and an increase in the pace of QE. Read the full story here.  HOME