Tiering up for Italy in October
THE ECB’s new two-tier system for excess liquidity began operation on October 30th. As a result, up to six times banks’ required reserves held in current accounts with National Central Banks (NCBs) of the Eurosystem will no longer be subject to the negative deposit rate (currently -50bps) but rather the new tiering rate of 0% interest. The surplus above this will be charged, however. Continue reading “Italy: Tiering up in October”
The General Theorist 