Draghi rules out QE for now

European Central Bank chief Mario Draghi took the wind out of the government's sails on Monday, telling the European Parliament that the ECB will not consider including Greece in its quantitative easing program (QE) before the conclusion of its bailout review and its debt is made sustainable.

"First, let's have an agreement, a full agreement, and let's find measures that will make the debt sustainable through time," Draghi told European lawmakers in Brussels, adding that he regretted that "a clear definition of the debt measures was not reached in the last Eurogroup."

Draghi also said that after creditors agree on what sort of debt relief measures Greece will get, the Governing Council of the ECB will carry out its own "fully independent" analysis to see if the debt would also be sustainable in adverse scenarios.

His comments came as Prime Minister Alexis...