ECB should end asset purchases as soon as possible after September: Knot

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – The European Central Bank (ECB) should end its asset purchases as soon as possible after its current bond buying program ends in September, Dutch central bank president Klaas Knot told Dutch current affairs program Buitenhof on Sunday.

“There is no reason whatsoever to continue the programme”, Knot said. “I feel that we need to be clear about this.”

(Reporting by Bart Meijer. Editing by Jane Merriman)