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Despite inflation, Europeans are still holding on to their banknote reserves
[Malgré l’inflation les Européens n’ont pas liquidé leurs avoirs en billets]

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  • Lucas Devigne
  • Victor Michel
  • Raymond De Pastor
  • Johan Tricot

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For 20 years, the euro area experienced low inflation and low interest rates, which may have encouraged economic agents to accumulate banknotes, sometimes on a massive scale. The resurgence of inflation in 2021-22 and increase in ECB key rates have changed this environment. Yet, when we take into account the massive reduction in German and Austrian banks’ cash stocks, euro area households do not appear to be have been returning their banknotes. Pendant 20 ans, la zone euro a connu une inflation et des taux d’intérêt bas, ce qui a pu inciter les agents économiques à accumuler des billets, de façon parfois massive. Le retour de l’inflation en 2021-2022 et le relèvement des taux directeurs de la BCE ont modifié ce contexte. Pour autant, on n’observe pas un retour des avoirs en billets stockés par les ménages de la zone euro, si l’on tient compte du délestage massif de billets par les banques allemandes et autrichiennes.

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  • Lucas Devigne & Victor Michel & Raymond De Pastor & Johan Tricot, . "Despite inflation, Europeans are still holding on to their banknote reserves [Malgré l’inflation les Européens n’ont pas liquidé leurs avoirs en billets]," Eco Notepad (in progress), Banque de France.
  • Handle: RePEc:bfr:econot:334
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