The end of QE is nigh. What does it mean?

After more than two years of money being pumped into the European economy through the ECB, it seems that the often-contentious quantitative easing (QE) programme is grinding to a slow halt.

ECB president Mario Draghi recently signalled to the European Parliament’s economic affairs committee, of which I am a member, that the ECB will make a decision on the next stages of the QE programme at its October governing council meeting next Thursday.