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Banks borrow from ECB (LTRO) and deposit at ECB - why?

I'm trying to get my head round what's going on with the ECB, LTRO and these bank deposits. I have a view on what they're doing but I may be wrong so please help me understand. Last Thursday's DD had a link to an FT.com story  ...

Forum topic - jumblies - Mar 5 2012 - 6:59am - 0 comments

still reeling from theECB changing the rules - retroactively

Zero Hedge had a real zinger yesterday - important enough that Dr. Chris is talking about it in a subscriber-only format,. There is nothing that says we cannot talk about it among ourselves, too. An excerpt: Since the ECB can now retroactively ...

Forum topic - Wendy S. Delmater - Feb 20 2012 - 9:46pm - 0 comments

The Fed Is Dead… Long Live The Fed

http://tradewithdave.com/?p=7173 In celebration of the Independence Day, Dave has an important announcement to make about the future.  Dave has reason to believe a decision has been made to fundamentally restructure the finances of the United ...

Forum topic - jumblies - Jul 5 2011 - 8:16am - 5 comments

ECB Rate held - input gratefully received!

The ECB held its interest rate at 1% today, Thursday 2nd July, following which the Euro fell, rallied slightly after the US jobless figures and then fell further (at one down 1% on the day) as the S & P fell through the day. Sterling (GBP/USD) ...

Forum topic - DavidC - Jul 2 2009 - 5:04pm - 0 comments

ECB could buy private sector bonds - Papademos

UPDATE 1-ECB could buy private sector bonds - Papademos - Forbes.com Quote: BRUSSELS, March 26 (Reuters) - The  European Central Bank  could buy private sector bonds in a bid to boost liquidity in the face of a feared ...

Forum topic - fujisan - Mar 27 2009 - 4:37am - 0 comments

Is it OK? Central Bank = Commercial Bank WITHOUT mandatory fractional reserve

Hi, I'm currently translating the CC in French and localizing for European System of Central Banks (ESCB). As far as I can understand, the ESCB & ECB operate almost like any other bank except they are NOT subject to ANY reserve ...

Forum topic - fujisan - Jan 5 2009 - 11:26am - 0 comments