MishTalk

FEBRUARY 6, 2014

In addition to holding its benchmark rate at 0.25%, the ECB also left the rate it pays on bank deposits unchanged at zero. The eurozone is doing so by accident, letting market forces drain liquidity from the financial system for month after month. ECB president Mario Draghi said: "We have to dispense with this idea of deflation.

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Balance Sheet Banking Retail Policies 72

MishTalk

DECEMBER 26, 2014

While the benchmark deposit rate was officially lowered from 3.00% to 2.75%, the upper limit that banks can pay for deposits remained unchanged at 3.30%. It may seem strange to have both a benchmark rate and a “floating range” that establishes a cap, instead of just setting a cap, as was the case until very recently.

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Banking System Benchmarking Finance 71

MishTalk

NOVEMBER 24, 2015

With its balance sheet totalling nearly 1.6 Either way, it’s an unorthodox choice that has distorted financial markets and triggered warnings that the strategy could backfire. and Bank of England Governor Mark Carney said he could now cut the benchmark rate below the current 0.5 percent if necessary.

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Banking Benchmarking Balance Sheet Policies 28

MishTalk

JANUARY 3, 2014

Had I suggested in 2007 that the Fed balance sheet expansion of $75 billion a month would have been considered "tightening" people would have thought I was nuts. A similar crash in public opinion awaits Bernanke for fueling one of the biggest, if not the biggest stock and bond market bubbles in history. Here we are.

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Conference Banking Government Balance Sheet 74