Monetary Policy Instruments - Conventional & Unconventional
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What does FRFA stand for in ECB unconventional policies?

  • Financial Rate Funding Allocation
  • Fixed Rate Full-Allotment (correct)
  • Fiscal Replenishment Full Authority
  • Flexible Refinancing Facility Agreement
  • Which acronym represents a security purchase programme specifically targeted towards public securities?

  • VLTRO
  • LTRO
  • SMP (correct)
  • OMT
  • What does TLTRO stand for in ECB's unconventional policies?

  • Targeted Long-Term Refinancing Operations (correct)
  • Transnational Liquidity Term Repurchase Operations
  • Term Liquidity Token Refunding Operations
  • Total Long-Term Repurchase Obligations
  • Which acronym denotes a security purchase programme aimed at asset-backed securities?

    <p>ABSPP</p> Signup and view all the answers

    When was the ECB's QE APP/PSPP announced?

    <p>January 2015</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the purpose of the CBPP programme?

    <p>To purchase covered bonds</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the central bank do on a weekly basis to adjust the interest rates related to marginal amounts of base money?

    <p>Adjusts the interest rate for marginal credit facility</p> Signup and view all the answers

    In the context of daily and weekly monetary operations, what do they create for market rates?

    <p>A corridor for market rates</p> Signup and view all the answers

    When excess liquidity is abundant, where does the daily interest rate tend to go?

    <p>At the floor rate</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Why does the economy resort to unconventional monetary policies according to the text?

    <p>When the economy hits the zero-lower bound for policy rates</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Based on W.Buiter's classification, what is 'credit easing'?

    <p>'Quanti + quali' easing</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How can the central bank steer the economy via shifts in the money market rate?

    <p>By innovating and implementing unconventional policies</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What happens to market rates when daily interest rates fluctuate around the REFI rate?

    <p>They fluctuate around the REFI rate</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What types of unconventional tools have been employed by the ECB?

    <p>Balance sheet expansion or reallocation</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does increasing excess liquidity tend to do to the daily interest rate in the money market?

    <p>Lower it to the floor rate IDF</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Why might it be difficult to steer the economy via conventional shifts in money market rates?

    <p>Unconventional policies may be necessary</p> Signup and view all the answers

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