Lessons from TARGET2 imbalances: The case for the ECB being a lender of last resort

During the global banking crisis of 2007-2009 and the Eurozone sovereign debt crisis of 2010-2012 the so called ‘TARGET2 imbalances’ attracted considerable attention. Some economists interpreted them as a symptom of the ECB’s ‘stealth bail-out’. The aim of the paper is to highlight that contrary to...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Chmielewski Tomasz, Sławiński Andrzej
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sciendo 2019-06-01
Series:Economics and Business Review
Subjects:
e42
e44
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.18559/ebr.2019.2.3