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Releasing the CCyB to support the economy in a time of stress

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  • De Nora, Giorgia

    (Central Bank of Ireland)

  • O'Brien, Eoin

    (Central Bank of Ireland)

  • O'Brien, Martin

    (Central Bank of Ireland)

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This note outlines the rationale underlying the release of the Countercyclical Capital Buffer (CCyB) in Ireland in the light of the recent COVID-19 developments. The COVID-19 outbreak presents an exceptional shock, triggering the materialisation of potential challenges for financial stability. An active use of macroprudential policy, and in particular the release of the CCyB, allows the banking system to absorb the impact of this shock. In doing so, it limits the scope for the banking system to amplify the shock to the detriment of the real economy, by facilitating banks maintaining a sustainable supply of credit to the economy in the challenging times ahead. We discuss how this particular policy response fits in the Central Bank’s CCyB framework, how it interacts with other prudential policy measures, and the size of capital relief and potential additional credit supply capacity it affords.

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  • De Nora, Giorgia & O'Brien, Eoin & O'Brien, Martin, 2020. "Releasing the CCyB to support the economy in a time of stress," Financial Stability Notes 1/FS/20, Central Bank of Ireland.
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    1. Tihana Škrinjarić, 2023. "Credit-to-GDP Gap Estimates in Real Time: A Stable Indicator for Macroprudential Policy Making in Croatia," Comparative Economic Studies, Palgrave Macmillan;Association for Comparative Economic Studies, vol. 65(3), pages 582-614, September.
    2. Durante, Elena & McGeever, Niall, 2022. "SME Credit Conditions in the Pandemic Recovery," Financial Stability Notes 2/FS/22, Central Bank of Ireland.

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