This paper aims at contributing to the understanding of how the ECB conducts monetary policy as seen from a money market perspective. More specifically it covers two different issues. First, it looks at the "learning period" for banks since the Eurosystem started implementing the single monetary...

The global financial storm which started in 2007 and which we are still experiencing is one of the very best examples in recent economic history of how much the financial system can exacerbate real economy cycles. Such pro-cyclicality has triggered a lively debate on which tools can be used to...