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Non-standard liquidity measures and fiscal sustainability in the euro area
[LTRO et soutenabilité des finances publiques dans la zone euro]

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  • Christoph Grosse Steffen

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The Eurosystem provided long-term loans to banks to fight financial fragmentation during the sovereign debt crisis (2011/2012). Some critics have argued that such interventions had adverse side effects for fiscal sustainability by removing market discipline. This criticism misses a critical mitigating effect: the associated stabilisation of credit to the economy improves public debt sustainability by cushioning the drop in GDP. We show with a calibrated model that fiscal solvency is fostered through temporary access to non-standard central bank liquidity. La BCE a accordé des prêts à long terme (LTRO) aux banques afin de lutter contre la fragmentation financière (2011-2012). Pour certains, ces interventions ont eu des effets secondaires négatifs sur la soutenabilité budgétaire en supprimant la discipline de marché. Cette critique ne tient toutefois pas compte de l’effet sur la stabilisation du crédit à l’économie qui atténue la baisse du PIB et améliore la soutenabilité de la dette. Nous montrons que la solvabilité budgétaire est renforcée par la disponibilité temporaire de liquidité non conventionnelle de la BCE.

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  • Christoph Grosse Steffen, 2018. "Non-standard liquidity measures and fiscal sustainability in the euro area [LTRO et soutenabilité des finances publiques dans la zone euro]," Eco Notepad 44, Banque de France.
  • Handle: RePEc:bfr:econot:44
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