It seems European banks are not all that eager to take up more central bank credit. The ECB has begun to offer its dirigiste “targeted long term refinancing operations” at a spread of 10 basis points above the repo reference rate. Since the repo rate was lowered from 0.15% to 0.05% at the last ECB…

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Why ECB’s TLTRO Fizzled: European Balance Sheets Are Saturated With Debt Already
