VoxEU Column by Jin Cao, Linda S. Goldberg, Sonalika Sinha & Stefano Ungaro Government guarantee programmes for bank loans to businesses adopted during the COVID-19 crisis were broad in scope and sometimes quite different in their design and terms. A new CEPR Policy Insight uses a survey of 17 central banks to explore policy lessons[…]
ESM Blog Entryby Wim Van Aken & Carlos Eduardo Martins Climate change and actions taken to mitigate its negative effects should be of great concern for European citizens, economies, and, ultimately, for financial stability. Experts agree that billions of euros are needed every year to reduce emissions and curb climate change risks. With the ESM[…]
BIS Annual Economic Report Chapter 1by Agustín Carstens Link: BIS Annual Economic Report Chapter 1: Laying a robust macro-financial foundation for the future
by Clive Jackson and Samo Boh For example, securitisation and other loan transfers can change the outstanding amounts of loans on bank balance sheets, even though they do not affect the actual financing that has been provided to the real economy. Cash pooling, which is offered by banks to help corporate groups manage their liquidity[…]
BIS Annual Economic Report Chapter 3 by Hyun Song Shin Link: BIS Annual Economic Report Chapter 3: Artificial intelligence and the economy: implications for central banks
VoxEU Columnby Stephen Cecchetti & Jens Hilscher Central banks engaged in large-scale asset purchase programmes during and after the global financial crisis as well as during the COVID-18 pandemic, significantly increasing the size of their balance sheets. This column develops a framework for understanding the medium- and long-run implications of the losses arising from these[…]
Third edition of the FISEA This is the third edition of the European Central Bank’s biennial report on financial integration and structure in the euro area (FISEA). As explained in greater detail when the first edition was released in March 2020, it is designed to focus on structural developments in the financial system of the[…]
The ECB Blog Entry by Tom Hudepohl, Pamina Karl, Tobias Linzert, Benoit Nguyen, Marta Skrzypińska & Lia Vaz Cruz With the reduction of the Eurosystem’s balance sheet, central bank liquidity is declining. As liquidity is unevenly distributed among banks, an effective redistribution and use of market funding are essential. This worked well so far, with[…]
“All about finance” Blog Entry by Eduardo Mendoza, Martin Tobal & Lorenzo Menna Economists traditionally distinguish between short-term cyclical and long-term structural fluctuations in economic variables. However, recent research highlights the importance of medium-term fluctuations, particularly in capital flows for Emerging Market and Developing Economies (EMDEs), which can significantly predict financial crises. Link: “All about[…]
by Claudia Buch Speech by Claudia Buch, Chair of the Supervisory Board of the ECB, at ‘’the Week of the Environment” on “Working together for climate neutrality: what role do stable banks play?”. Links: Speech by Claudia Buch, Chair of the Supervisory Board of the ECB, at ‘’the Week of the Environment”