Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/152678 
Year of Publication: 
2003
Series/Report no.: 
ECB Working Paper No. 244
Publisher: 
European Central Bank (ECB), Frankfurt a. M.
Abstract: 
This model 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 also that there has been attempt, albeit very limited, to correct deviations of the overnight rate from the main refinancing rate. Moreover, the paper finds that liquidity has affected the overnight interest rate to a significant extent only after the last main refinancing operation of the maintenance period, when it is not possible for the ECB to adjust liquidity imbalances except by making recourse to fine-tuning operations.
Subjects: 
Bank reserves
liquidity effect
liquidity policy
martingale hypothesis
monetary policy
JEL: 
E52
E43
G21
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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