ECB's Draghi eases fears of 'tapering' stimulus

European Central Bank president Mario Draghi on Thursday shot down speculation that the bank was mulling an end to its massive bond purchases, but offered few clues about future stimulus moves. The bank chief dismissed an early October Bloomberg report that the ECB was considering winding down -- or tapering -- its bond-buying programme, known as quantitative easing (QE). Draghi pointed to a recent ECB bank lending survey showing that businesses and households were enjoying easier access to cred