Bundesbank boss and ECB governing council's Weidmann interviewed in Die Zeit
- increasingly buying bonds from countries with high debt or bad credit rating would distance us from core mandate
- allowing special conditions or focusing more on highly indebted countries would further blur the boundaries of mon and fiscal policy
- this could raise questions about ECB independence
- could, in the end, also increase pressure to keep interest rates low if highly indebted countries could not withstand a rate rise
Weidmann repeating on-going concerns on low rates/QE