欧央行维持希腊紧急流动性援助(ELA)上限不变,但将调整ELA抵押品折扣率。
周一,欧央行发表声明称,“欧央行理事会决定,将向希腊银行提供的ELA金额,维持在6月26日讨论希腊银行提案之后决定的水平。”声明强调,理事会决策者“决心在权限范围内使用所有可行的工具。”
这意味着,希腊将不再从欧央行获得更多的援助。欧央行向希腊提供的ELA水平将维持在此前890亿欧元的水平。
对于希腊银行而言,这无疑是个坏消息。希腊银行应很快就会现金枯竭,除非欧央行释放更多款项,否则,希腊银行能否最早于周四重新开门营业,变得不那么确定。
同时,欧央行称,将调整希腊银行接受的ELA抵押品折扣率。若欧央行增加抵押品折扣率,ELA水平实际上就会有效降低。相反,ELA则有效增加。目前,欧央行尚未明确将如何对抵押品折扣率进行调整。当然,鉴于目前情况,几乎可以肯定,抵押品折扣率将增加,即希腊银行业需提供更多抵押品以换取资金。
欧央行在声明中指出,ELA只能在足额抵押品的前提下提供。希腊的财务状况对希腊银行已产生影响,因其使用的ELA抵押品显著依赖于政府相关的资产。
欧央行表示,理事会会密切关注金融市场状况,及其对货币政策立场的影响,以及其对欧元区价格稳定风险平衡的潜在影响。
欧央行在抵押物方面的调整代表了更为严格的政策,这给希腊政府施加了更多压力,也令希腊银行获得紧急贷款更加困难。
彭博社援引希腊知情官员表示,希腊银行能够应对新的条款,欧央行也没有对该国强硬规定最后期限。欧央行将于周三作出决定。
Emergency liquidity assistance maintained at 26 June 2015 level
Haircuts on collateral for ELA adjusted
Governing Council closely monitoring situation in financial markets
The Governing Council of the European Central Bank decided today to maintain the provision of emergency liquidity assistance (ELA) to Greek banks at the level decided on 26 June 2015 after discussing a proposal from the Bank of Greece.
ELA can only be provided against sufficient collateral.
The financial situation of the Hellenic Republic has an impact on Greek banks since the collateral they use in ELA relies to a significant extent on government-linked assets.
In this context, the Governing Council decided today to adjust the haircuts on collateral accepted by the Bank of Greece for ELA.
The Governing Council is closely monitoring the situation in financial markets and the potential implications for the monetary policy stance and for the balance of risks to price stability in the euro area. The Governing Council is determined to use all the instruments available within its mandate.