European Central Bank loans 130 billion euros to banks, analysts think it may not be enough

The European Central Bank has handed out 130 billion euros ($162 billion) in cheap, long-term loans to banks — part of its effort to stimulate the eurozone economy.

The amount was closely watched in the markets because ECB president Mario Draghi has said the bank will add roughly 1 trillion euros in new stimulus in coming months.

The amount taken by banks was about what market analysts had expected.

Still, some think it's too low to help achieve the 1 trillion target — and makes it more likely that the ECB will have to resort to new stimulus programs to do that. That could include large-scale purchases of government bonds.

The economy of the 18 countries that use the euro grew only 0.2 percent in the third quarter.