ECB quantitative easing won't revive euro zone growth, warns S&P

The European Central Bank's 1 trillion-euro (716.7 billion pound) government bond buying campaign will not revive euro zone growth in the longer term unless the region tackles a number of key problems, rating agency Standard and Poor's said on Thursday. A report from S&P's top European sovereign analyst Moritz Kraemer titled "Four reasons why QE won't restore eurozone growth" flagged an ageing population, slowing globalisation, declining productivity gains and low investment due to the region's