German govt spokesman says ECB acting independently in purchasing bonds of euro zone countries

• Not aware of any signals that Italian/Spanish bonds bought by ECB will be transferred to EFSF at later date
• Asked about increase in size of EFSF, German govt spokesman says euro zone leaders already fixed size at July 21 meeting
• Not aware of any plans for additional or earlier meeting of G7 finmins

EUR/USD down at 1.4260.