The ECB Working Paper Series seeks to disseminate economic research on issues that are relevant to the various tasks and functions of the ECB. The Series invites submissions of research work by ECB staff and visitors. Papers by researchers not affiliated with the ECB may also be considered for...

This paper provides a simple weekly model of the regular supply of liquidity in the euro area, with a view to understanding the functioning of the euro area money market. The main result of the analysis is that liquidity has normally been provided by the ECB in a neutral and smooth manner, but...

Im Juni 1998 nahm die EZB ihre Arbeit auf, sie gilt als Testfall für das zukünftig stärker geeinte Europa. Obwohl die Protokolle der Ratssitzungen nicht öffentlich zugänglich sind, gelingt es dem zur Zeit in Bonn lebenden amerikanischen Wirtschaftsjournalisten durch genaue Recherche und...