Bericht

The use of the Eurosystem's monetary policy instruments and its monetary policy implementation framework in 2020 and 2021

The Eurosystem implements its monetary policy through a set of monetary policy instruments (MPIs) that are either part of the standard toolbox or are developed to deal with major economic and financial events with a potential adverse impact on price stability and/or the transmission of monetary policy. In the review period covered by this report (2020-2021), monetary policy action was dominated by the Eurosystem's response to the negative economic effects of the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. Through its action, the Eurosystem continued to expand its balance sheet, in particular by scaling up its outright asset purchases and easing the conditions of its targeted longer-term refinancing operations (TLTROs), complemented by temporary changes in the collateral framework. The accommodative monetary policy stance was preserved by maintaining the key ECB interest rates at record-low levels, reinforced by the ECB's forward guidance on policy rates. This report provides a full overview of the Eurosystem's monetary policy implementation over the years 2020 and 2021.

ISBN
978-92-899-5245-3
Language
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
Series: ECB Occasional Paper ; No. 304

Classification
Wirtschaft
Institutions: Design, Formation, Operations, and Impact
Interest Rates: Determination, Term Structure, and Effects
Central Banks and Their Policies
Studies of Particular Policy Episodes
Financial Crises
Subject
monetary policy implementation
central bank counterparty framework,central bank collateral framework
central bank liquidity management
non-standardmonetary policy measures

Event
Geistige Schöpfung
(who)
Corsi, Marco
Mudde, Yvo
Event
Veröffentlichung
(who)
European Central Bank (ECB)
(where)
Frankfurt a. M.
(when)
2022

DOI
doi:10.2866/601341
Handle
Last update
10.03.2025, 11:44 AM CET

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Object type

  • Bericht

Associated

  • Corsi, Marco
  • Mudde, Yvo
  • European Central Bank (ECB)

Time of origin

  • 2022

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