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Since 2008, excess liquidity - defined as the sum of holdings of central bank reserves in excess of reserve … small, slowly changing group of credit institutions. Despite the stability of the concentration of excess liquidity in … directing flows in the period 2015-16. In addition, the more recent concentration of excess liquidity is explained by the …
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individual banks and system wide, and for a given level of liquidity risk tolerance. We simulate the impact of a fictitious …) the number of deposits withdrawn and the speed at which this occurs, ii) the liquidity available within the banking system … at the time of the digital euro introduction, iii) the liquidity risk preferences of the markets and supervisors, iv) the …
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The paper reports the outcome of the stress-testing of liquidity risk in the TARGET2 payment system, with the study … resilience of the system, defined as the network of its participants, and the appropriateness of liquidity levels under tightened … liquidity conditions. The scenarios analysed are based on extreme shocks to the value of collateral of different levels and …
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This paper contributes to the debate on liquidity in resolution by providing a quantitative assessment of liquidity … gaps of banks in resolution in the euro area. It estimates possible ranges of liquidity gaps for significant banks under … different assumptions and scenarios. The findings suggest that, while the average liquidity gaps in resolution are limited, the …
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Before the outbreak of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, discussions were already taking place on how to complete Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) and increase its resilience, inter alia, by speeding up economic convergence. The impact of the current unprecedented crisis on the euro area...
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The prolonged crisis exposed the vulnerability of a monetary union without a banking union. The Single Supervisory Mechanism (SSM), which started operating in November 2014, is an essential step towards restoring banks to health and rebuilding trust in the banking system. The ECB is today...
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This occasional paper describes how the financial stability and macroprudential policy functions are organised at the ECB. Financial stability has been a key policy function of the ECB since its inception. Macroprudential policy tasks were later conferred on the ECB by the Single Supervisory...
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As the euro area has a predominantly bank-based financial system, changes in the composition and strength of banks’ balance sheets can have very sizeable implications for the transmission of monetary policy. This paper provides an overview of developments in banks’ balance sheets,...
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