Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/153687 
Year of Publication: 
2010
Series/Report no.: 
ECB Working Paper No. 1253
Publisher: 
European Central Bank (ECB), Frankfurt a. M.
Abstract: 
This paper describes the response of three central banks to the 2007-09 financial crisis: the European Central Bank, the Federal Reserve and the Bank of England. In particular, the paper discusses the design, implementation and impact of so-called "non-standard" monetary policy measures focusing on those introduced in the euro area in the aftermath of the failure of Lehman Brothers in September 2008. Having established the impact of these measures on various observable money market spreads, we propose an empirical exercise intended to quantify the macroeconomic impact of non-standard monetary policy measures insofar as it has been transmitted via these spreads. The results suggest that non-standard measures have played a quantitatively significant role in stabilising the financial sector and economy after the collapse of Lehman Bros., even if insufficient to avoid a significant fall in economic and financial activity.
Subjects: 
financial crisis
Non-standard monetary policy
JEL: 
E52
E58
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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