地中海国家正在经历严重的财政危机，5月9日，欧洲央行宣布它将购买这些国家的政府债券，之后批评人士就抱怨称欧洲央行“失去了贞洁 ” 。
Similar comments were made about the US Federal Reserve in 2008, after it began large-scale purchases of non-conventional assets, including agency debt and mortgage-backed securities, in order to support the collapsing US housing market.