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title: What is the Impact of a Major Unconventional Monetary Policy Intervention?
url: https://www.ml-quant.com/papers/repec/bdm-wpaper-2026-01/
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updated: 2026-10-09
license: Summaries CC BY 4.0; links go to the original sources
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identifier: RePEc:bdm:wpaper:2026-01
source_url: https://econpapers.repec.org/RePEc:bdm:wpaper:2026-01
featured: 2026-10-09
citations: unknown
topic: Risk, Credit & Banking
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# What is the Impact of a Major Unconventional Monetary Policy Intervention?

The ECB's "whatever it takes" announcement reversed euro area banks' risk appetite, reducing loan growth and credit risk, showing capitalization can curb lending during crises.

- Source: https://econpapers.repec.org/RePEc:bdm:wpaper:2026-01
- Identifier: RePEc:bdm:wpaper:2026-01
- Released: 2026-10-05
- First featured: Quant Letter No. 134 (2026-10-09): https://www.ml-quant.com/issues/2026-10-09/
- Citations (Semantic Scholar): not tracked
- Published in: not yet
- Topic: Risk, Credit & Banking
- Authors: Carlo Alcaraz, Stijn Claessens, Gabriel Cuadra, David Marques-Ibanez, Horacio Sapriza

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