FRANKFURT, Germany: The European Central Bank spent 14.3 billion ($20.6 billion) last week buying government bonds to protect large economies like Spain and Italy from the debt crisis, but market concerns persisted about how long the emergency purchases would contain market turmoil.
The amount of bond purchases disclosed on Monday was short of the previous week's figure of 22 billion but close to market expectations.
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