These purchases would in turn aim to improve sentiment in bond markets and buy some time to allow fiscal adjustment measures to work and the eurozone to demonstrate that the fiscal compact is meaningful.

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Furthermore, there is no uproar on financial social networks such as Seeking Alpha that aim to aggregate and gauge investor sentiment.

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The aim was to give readers a flavour of sentiment before the bubbles burst, as well as analysis of the aftermath.

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