Tag Archives: PSPP

ECB Decisions: Deposit Facility rate, APP, Unequal Supply Growth & Oil

Posted on December 14, 2015 by

The first week of December will probably be remembered as “that time the ECB thought rates weren’t negative enough and decided to drop them by another 15 bps “. However,  the central bank did more than just lower the rates: … Continue reading →

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ECB Report 2015Q3 – Resilience in the face of localised instability

Posted on November 3, 2015 by

As was the case previously, this post is divided in 4 parts: First, I consider the ECB’s most orthodox policy tools, the policy rates. Secondly, I review the structure of the ECB’s balance sheet. This is then followed by a … Continue reading →

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ECB Report 2015Q2 – ECB Rates, Balance Sheet, QE & Tgt2 Balances Amid Greek Crisis

Posted on June 29, 2015 by

For reasons discussed previously, this post presents and briefly discusses a number of variables pertaining to the activity of the ECB from its inception until now. Particular focus is put on the more recent events of the last quarter and … Continue reading →

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