The European Central Bank will formally end its 2.6 trillion euro money-printing scheme — known as quantitative easing, or QE — on Thursday but stimulus will continue for years and the central bank may even look at further measures of support. The following explains what is left in store for the ECB. The ECB’s deposit rate is -0.4 percent and policymakers have pledged to keep it unchanged at least until late next year. While the bank does not provide a longer guidance, policymakers have often said they are comfortable with market expectations, which see the deposit rate rising to zero only in 2020, and moving up by ... (full story)