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The Response of the European Central Bank to the Current Pandemic Crisis: Monetary Policy and Prudential Banking Supervision Decisions

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  • Gortsos Christos V.

    (Professor of Public Economic Law at the Law School of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, and President of the Academic Board of the European Banking Institute (EBI).Greece)

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Immediately after the outbreak of the current pandemic crisis, the EU developed a (rather) consistent strategy, by taking measures in order to deal with health emergency needs, support economic activity and employment, preserve monetary and financial stability and prepare the ground for recovery; these contain a combination of government fiscal stimuli (with extensive resort to the principle of solidarity), emergency liquidity and monetary policy measures and measures relating to financial stability. After briefly reviewing all these measures from a systematic point of view, the present article further analyses the role of the European Central Bank (ECB) during the first phase of this crisis, both in its capacity as a monetary authority within the Eurosystem and in its capacity as prudential banking supervisory authority within the Single Supervisory Mechanism (SSM), with particular emphasis on the treatment of non-performing loans (NPLs). Its specific contribution to financial macro-prudential oversight within European Systemic Risk Board (ESRB) is also highlighted.

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  • Gortsos Christos V., 2020. "The Response of the European Central Bank to the Current Pandemic Crisis: Monetary Policy and Prudential Banking Supervision Decisions," European Company and Financial Law Review, De Gruyter, vol. 17(3-4), pages 231-256, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:bpj:eucflr:v:17:y:2020:i:3-4:p:231-256:n:5
    DOI: 10.1515/ecfr-2020-0017
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