Artículos
Higher interest rates, excess liquidity and the ECB’s balance sheet
Although the ultimate price stability target has not changed and overnight interest rates remain the channel for policy transmission to the economy, the ECB’s balance sheet has taken on greater purpose relative to its traditional role as a support instrument for monetary policy. Against this…
The European Central Bank’s supervisory priorities
The shift in the macroeconomic environment facing the financial sector and the attendant switch in monetary policy tack, together with the recent episodes of financial turbulence in a number of markets, have strengthened the European Central Bank’s resolve to reinforce the resilience of the European…
Updated stress testing of the financial sector in the context of high interest rates
While European banks are better positioned to offset potential capital depletion via stronger NII generation, the upward shift in the rate curves is impacting the value of the banks’ investment portfolios. Within this context, the stress tests remain a constantly evolving tool capable of adapting…
One year of rate increases: Impact assessment
Monetary policy remains immersed in an intense battle to stem inflation, manifesting itself through a quick succession of interest rate increases and consequently raising eurozone borrowing rates across the board. Credit has already contracted, and the cost of debt has increased, but the duration of…
Allocation of NGEU funds in Spain: Companies and sectors
Autores:
Maudos, Joaquín
As of December 2022, Spain was not even at the halfway mark as regards allocation of the non-reimbursable component of funds awarded under Next Generation EU (NGEU), as tenders and grants (35.83 billion euros), reached 43.7% of the total assigned to Spain by this point.…