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The role of the ECB in stabilizing sovereign debt markets

What are the main lessons of ECB interventions in specific sovereign debt markets?

Date: April 1, 2021, 3:30 pm Topic: Macroeconomic policy

In the past 10 years there has been several episodes of ECB interventions in specific sovereign debt markets (SMP, OMT, rating waivers, PEPP). What are the main lessons of these interventions? What will be the role for the ECB in the post-COVID-19 period? What is the link with fiscal rules and other institutional developments?

This is a closed door event for Bruegel members and selected experts.

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Matilda Sevon

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european central bank financial stability Sovereign debt

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