- The capacity of the shopping program during the pandemic remains at the level of €1.85 trillion and will last until the end of March 2022. The older shopping program remains at the same level of €20 billion per month.
- Banks can receive long-term loans at a rate of -1% until mid-2022.
- Collateral rules have been modified to make it easier for banks to access the ECB liquidity.
At a press conference, European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde said that the eurozone economy likely contracted at the end of last year, which means that the European bloc is now heading towards a double recession.
According to her, "The risks associated with the growth prospects of the Eurozone continue to have a downward trend, but are less signified." Also, "The introduction of vaccines, which began at the end of December, provides confidence in resolving the health crisis."
Economists are increasingly forecasting a cut in production in the first quarter of 2021 as the government raises social restrictions. And although Lagarde said that the risks to the economy are directed to the downside, there were no hints of an increase in monetary policy stimulus.
At the same time, there was a phrase: "the program of emergency purchase of bonds doesn’t have to be used to the full if it’s possible to keep the financing conditions at the current level without it." The market perceived this as the existing probability of the ECB's early withdrawal from the emergency stimulus program. At the moment, the euro rose to 1.2170. But most of the surveyed economists are still inclined to believe that the monetary regulator will spend the entire planned amount of €1.85 trillion, but the program won’t be extended.
Germany's 10-year debt securities (Bonds) rose to 0.487%. The DAX lost 0.25%.
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