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How does the ECB allot liquidity in its weekly main refinancing operations? A look at the empirical evidence

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  • Steen Ejerskov

    () (European Central Bank)

  • Clara Martin Moss

    ()

  • Livio Stracca

    () (European Central Bank)

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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 also that there has been some 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. JEL Classification: E52; E43; G21.

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Paper provided by European Central Bank in its series Working Paper Series with number 244.

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Length: 51 pages
Date of creation: Jul 2003
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Handle: RePEc:ecb:ecbwps:20030244

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  1. Ulrike Neyer & Jürgen Wiemers, 2004. "The Influence of a Heterogeneous Banking Sector on the Interbank Market Rate in the Euro Area," Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics (SJES), Swiss Society of Economics and Statistics (SSES), vol. 140(III), pages 395-428, September.
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  4. Linzert, Tobias & Schmidt, Sandra, 2007. "What Explains the Spread Between the Euro Overnight Rate and the ECB's Policy Rate?," ZEW Discussion Papers 07-076, ZEW - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung / Center for European Economic Research.
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  6. Julius Moschitz, 2004. "The determinants of the overnight interest rate in the euro area," Working Paper Series 393, European Central Bank.
  7. Christian Ewerhart & Nuno Cassola & Steen Ejerskov & Natacha Valla, 2003. "Optimal allotment policy in the eurosystem’s main refinancing operations?," Working Paper Series 295, European Central Bank.
  8. Välimäki , Tuomas, 2006. "Why the marginal MRO rate exceeds the ECB policy rate?," Research Discussion Papers 20/2006, Bank of Finland.

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