Fragmentation and Monetary Policy in the Euro Area
October 4, 2013
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Summary
The ECB has taken a range of actions to address bank funding problems, eliminate excessive risk in sovereign markets, and safeguard monetary transmission. But euro area financial markets have remained fragmented, driving retail interest rates in stressed markets far above those in the core. This has impeded the flow of credit and undermined the transmission of monetary policy. Analysis presented here indicates that the credit channel of monetary policy has broken down during the crisis, particularly in stressed markets, and that SMEs in these economies appear to be most affected by elevated lending rates.Given these stresses, the ECB can undertake additional targeted policy measures, including through additional term loans, collateral policies, and private asset purchases.
Subject: Bank credit, Banking, Credit, Credit risk, Financial institutions, Financial regulation and supervision, Financial statements, Loans, Money, Public financial management (PFM)
Keywords: bank, bank CDS, Bank credit, bank equity price, bank leverage, bank stress, Credit, Credit risk, ECB activity, ECB balance sheet risk, ECB purchase, Financial statements, fragmentation, Interest rates, lending, lending rate, Loans, monetary policy, periphery bank, rate, targeted lending scheme, transmission mechanism, WP
Pages:
31
Volume:
2013
DOI:
Issue:
208
Series:
Working Paper No. 2013/208
Stock No:
WPIEA2013208
ISBN:
9781484328750
ISSN:
1018-5941
