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04-Sep-2008
        
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The ECB has boosted its haircut. It’s perhaps the first big signal that the central bank cash-flow spigot is being turned off. From Bloomberg: European Central Bank President Jean- Claude Trichet said the ECB will tighten its lending rules to stop them being exploited by financial institutions stung by the year- long credit crisis. Trichet said today the bank will increase the gap between the face value of most... [read full story]                    

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CORRECTED-ECB rules seen hitting Spain's savings banks

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ECB reports no changes in credit tightness for SMEs during the second quarter of 2008: ( News...

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CORRECTED-ECB rules seen hitting Spain's savings banks

finanznachrichten.de
05-Sep-2008
        

LONDON, Sept 4 (Reuters) - Spanish savings banks, such as Caja de Ahorros del Mediterraneo, are likely to be hit hard by new European Central Bank (ECB) rules to tighten its lending to banks, market and banking sources...

How do you value British banks?

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05-Sep-2008
        

The market clearly doesn't know. As of mid-morning on Friday, Barclays had fallen 14 per cent since the ECB confirmed on Thursday afternoon that it would substantially tighten the collateral terms and haircuts for its...

Collateral damage limitation

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04-Sep-2008
        

No, this blog is not about ways of locking Dick Cheney in the broom closet. It is about the collateral policy of the ECB at its discount window and in in its repos. In the recently published Biennial review of the risk...

                   

ECB and the banks

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04-Sep-2008
        

Babies squeal when nanny tries to wean them off a comfort blanket. The European Central Bank – in spite of stern resolve not to lower interest rates to help the troubled banking system – had been generous in providing...

                   

ECB rules seen hitting Spain's savings banks

finanznachrichten.de
04-Sep-2008
        

LONDON, Sept 4 (Reuters) - Spanish savings banks, such as Caja de Ahorros del Mediterraneo, are likely to be hit hard by new European Central Bank (ECB) rules to tighten its lending to banks, market and banking sources...

                   

UPDATE 1-ECB toughens collateral rules for accessing liquidity

finanznachrichten.de
04-Sep-2008
        

FRANKFURT/LONDON, Sept 4 (Reuters) - The European Central Bank on Thursday unveiled tougher rules on the assets banks can submit as collateral in central bank lending operations after concern its rules have been open to...

ECB reports no changes in credit tightness for SMEs during the second quarter of 2008: ( News...

europa.eu
04-Sep-2008
        

News Article Published Wed 03 Sep 2008 11:03 CET: : ECB reported in July 2008 that net tightening of credit standards was still stronger for large enterprises rather than for SMEs during the second quarter of 2008. ECB has...