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HomeEuropean Central Bank

Bank hedging throws spanner into ECB monetary policy

19 December 2023EconomicsBNP Paribas, European Central Bank, interest rate swaps, quantitative easing, Societe GeneraleNick Dunbar

Bank hedging strategies and the European Central Bank’s reversal of pandemic-era subsidised bank loans showed that quantitative tightening is not just about selling bond holdings.

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Italy’s populists throw down gauntlet to Draghi

25 May 2018Articles, EconomicsECB, European Central Bank, Italy, quantitative easingNick Dunbar

Italy’s new populist government is on a collision course with the ECB, which is mulling the tapering of QE purchases. But inflation divergence suggests a way out for the central bank.

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