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The end of the era of the almighty central banker

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When the European Central Bank announced last month it would restart its bond-buying program the question on many lips was: why?

After all, years of pumping money into markets had clearly failed to either stimulate economic demand or inflation.

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Patrick Commins reports and comments on trends and news in domestic and global investment markets. Connect with Patrick on Twitter. Email Patrick at p.commins@afr.com
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