The ECB’s Asset Purchase Programmes: Effectiveness, Risks, Alternatives
We summarise the empirical evidence on effects of asset purchases in the euro area, including the PEPP programme launched in response to the COVID-19 crisis. We conclude that QE is particularly effective during times of high financial stress, i.e. at the peak of a crisis, but tends to lose impact over time. At the same time, QE policies come with prominent risks which may materialise only in the longer term. We suggest a scheme of rule-based intervention in sovereign debt markets that preserves the role of yield spreads as a market signal, while containing the risk of bad equilibria. This document was provided by Policy Department A at the request of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON).
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Joscha BECKMANN, Salomon FIEDLER, Klaus-Jürgen GERN, Stefan KOOTHS, Josefine QUAST, Maik WOLTERS
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- coronavirussygdom
- Den Europæiske Centralbank
- DEN EUROPÆISKE UNION
- dokumentation
- epidemi
- EU-institutioner og EU-forvaltning
- Eurogruppen (euroområdet)
- FINANSER
- forskningsrapport
- fælles monetær politik
- inflation
- monetære forhold
- SOCIALE SPØRGSMÅL
- sundhed
- UDDANNELSE OG KOMMUNIKATION
- udvalg (EP)
- valutaforhold
- ØKONOMI
- økonomisk analyse
- økonomisk konsekvens
- økonomisk situation