describe how asset encumbrance has evolved in euro area banks, focusing on country and business model aggregates. Second, we …

We isolate a U.S. dollar currency premium by comparing corporate bonds issued in the dollar and the euro by firms o … without a currency hedge and about the same with a currency hedge when compared to the euro. This observed parity in currency … mix of their debt issuance depending on the relative borrowing cost between dollar and euro debt. In sum, the …

are many reasons behind this dislocation, since 2014 the divergence in monetary policy between the euro area and the … currency basis. The downward pressure on yields, exerted by the APP, has made euro assets less attractive and has led investors … corporate issuers to the euro market in search of cheaper funding costs. These cross-border flows from issuers and investors …